Agency FOI Disclosure Logs

• “A list of all financial grants provided by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) to the Davenport Community Council since 2022;
• Correspondence between the SA Aboriginal Lands Trust and NIAA regarding the Davenport Community Council since 2022;
• Complaints received by NIAA concerning the conduct of the Davenport Community Council, including concerns that the council was not present in the town or not appropriately spending grant funds;
• Information regarding the town’s youth engagement programs in 2019;
• Financial evidence relied upon by NIAA from the Davenport Community Council to demonstrate proper use of funds, including invoices, receipts, or other documents since 2022;
• Records of assessments, audits, or reviews of NIAA funding to the Davenport Community Council since 2022; and

The names and responsibilities of staff members tasked with governing and assessing NIAA funding at the Davenport Community Council since 2022."

“Under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request access to:

1. Documents (contracts, agreements, honoraria receipts, emails, minutes) detailing any payments (including honoraria, stipends, reimbursements) made to Noel Pearson in his capacity as a member of the Voice Senior Advisory Group, dated from [e.g. 1 January 2023] to present.
2. Any supporting correspondence or minutes concerning the establishment, funding, or remuneration of his role." 

“I would like to submit a FOI request for the following data as recorded by the NIAA in the IPP Reporting Solution (IPPRS) and which forms the IPP Data/results reported by the NIAA annually. I request the data be provided in an industry standard structured format such as Excel spreadsheet. 
 
1. A refresh of the output of FOI/2324/006/IR for the period July 2015 to 30 June 2024. For the avoidance of doubt, I am requesting the details of individual contracts awarded to Indigenous enterprises. I am also requesting, if not already included, the following data for all suppliers included in those datasets: contract ID, supplier name and ABN. 
 
2.1 A refresh of the output of FOI-2324-037 AA for: 

a. the period July 2015 to 30 June 2024 (as a whole period and not broken down for each financial year within that period) 

b. the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. 

2.2 The following figures for the periods specified at 2.1(a) and 2.1(b):  

a. The total count of all suppliers by ABN who were awarded contracts  

b. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to all suppliers   

c. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 5 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded  

d. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 50 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded  

e. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 100 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded  

f. The aggregated value of contracts awarded to each of the top 250 suppliers as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded  

g. The aggregated value of contracts awarded for the remaining suppliers from supplier 251 onwards as ranked by aggregated value of contracts awarded 

For the avoidance of doubt, I am only requesting figures and not individual contract information for 2.2.  

3. A refresh of the output of FOI/2324/048 for: 

a. the period July 2015 to 30 June 2024 (as a whole period and not broken down for each financial year within that period)  
b. the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. 

4. For the top 100 ranked suppliers by value produced by item 2.1 above, the Supplier Percentage Indigenous Ownership of each supplier as recorded at 30 June 2024 in the NIAA funded Indigenous Business Direct database. 

I exclude the following from my request: 

• All contracts which fall within the AusTender reporting publication exemptions in 2.6 and 7.18 of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules 2024
• Names, contact details and signatures of non-SES staff 

I note paras 36-41 of ‘2023.10.05 - Decision Notice - FOI-2324-006-IR - signed.pdf’ which refused a request for Supplier Percentage Indigenous Ownership at that time. I seek the NIAA’s reconsideration of that decision on the basis that it should be a reasonable expectation of suppliers that their participation in IPP contracts would mean that Supplier Percentage Indigenous Ownership would become publicly available information, and that it is a reasonable expectation of the public that Supplier Percentage Indigenous Ownership should be publicly available information.” 

“I am seeking access to any report produced from 2022 to now as a result of an investigation into the JT Academy (Johnathan Thurston Academy) and its use of public funding, any report that outlines why NIAA funding to the JT Academy was not renewed after the end of its grants from the agency, and any appendix/addendum documents that inform the reports."

“All documents which relate to the provision of contested litigation funding to Native Title Services Goldfields Ltd in relation to the hearing of a separate question in the Marlinyu Ghoorlie proceeding WAD 647 of 2017 and the Karratjibbin proceeding WAD 38 of 2022 in the Federal Court of Australia”.

“Under the FOI Act, I would like to request a copy of reports provided to NIAA under contract CN4005949." 

“I would like to request a copy of all reports provided by Keogh Bay People Pty Ltd to NIAA to date under the following contracts:

* CN3894557-A1" 

1. “Copies of all correspondence (including letters, emails, or other written communications) sent by NIAA, the Minister for Indigenous Australians or her office to any state or territory government—whether to Ministers, Premiers/Chief Ministers, or departmental secretaries—concerning the issue of people held on remand.
2. Copies of any responses received from state or territory governments in relation to that correspondence.
3. Any policy briefings, briefing notes, internal memos, cabinet submissions, talking points, legal advice, meeting records, or other preparatory or follow-up documents produced by the National Indigenous Australians Agency or the Minister’s office in connection with:
   1. the issue of people being held on remand (particularly First Nations people), and/or
   2. the Minister’s communications with state and territory governments on this issue.

This request covers the period from 1 January 2024 to the date of processing."

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I am requesting access to documents relating to the

new Remote Australia Employment Service.

Specifically, I seek copies of the following documents, if they exist:

* Theory of Change

* Program Logic

* Outcomes Framework

If these documents are not yet finalised, I request access to the most recent drafts. If drafts of these

documents do not currently exist, please confirm this in your response.

“I request the most recently approved version of your legislative compliance register"

“We request the following documents:

1. Documents containing information about the number, classification levels, type of employment (eg fulltime, part time, fractional, casual) functions and position descriptions of Indigenous Liaison Officers or equivalent (e.g. First Nations Liaison Officer or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Officer), if any, in your agency from 1 January 2014 until the present.

Documents containing information about the number of staff currently employed in your agency who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.”

I am seeking access to information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and I request the following:

• final copies of the department's incoming government briefs (the "red" and "blue" books) prepared for the incoming minister/s since 3 May.

I request the incoming government briefs prepared by the agency for the incoming Minister for Indigenous Australians after the May 2025 federal election.

I am seeking:

1. The incoming government brief for the election held in 2025

Any ‘red book’, ‘blue book’ or ‘yellow book’ or similar created for this purpose.

“In accordance with my rights under the Freedom of Information Act 1982, I request the following document or documents prepared by or in the possession of your agency:

All Job data - full and part-time - from the latest version of RJED - Remote Jobs and Economic Development, between January 1 2023, and March 30 2025, including in remote and regional areas.

This includes the number of people employed directly from this program, broken down into regional and remote areas.

All information and communication on the RJED about job and employment numbers from the First Nations Reference Group to the NIAA and the Minister”