Freedom of Information Requests

Unlisted Thoughts has made requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI Act) to bring interesting bits of government information in to the public space.

Below are some examples of interesting documents we have obtained under the FOI Act:

Air Services Australia Aviation Firefighting (Uniform) Manual
Instruments of appointment of all current Fair Work Commission members as at 9 September 2024
Documents relating to the name change of the then Australian Grape and Wine Authority to Wine Australia

We obtained a video using an FOI request: Anthony Albanese's congratulatory message for the 300th episode of Have You Been Paying Attention which aired on 15 July 2024.

We care deeply about the current FOI regime. When the Albanese Government proposed to make amendments that would set back access to government information, we prepared a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Unlisted Thought's submission.

We have a spreadsheet where we keep track of what documents we have obtained under the FOI Act: Unlisted Thoughts Registry of Freed Information.