FOI at a glance
Freedom of Information (FOI) activity by Australian Government agencies and ministers. All figures are computed from the source data.
Agency and portfolio scope this page; type and FY set the chart window.
Latest complete financial year
Requests received
Requests received in FY2024-25, compared with FY2023-24. Every figure is computed from the published workbooks.
basis: financial yearWhere did this come from?Source: data.gov.au FOI statistics workbooks, FY2019-20 – FY2025-26 (Q1–Q3 cumulative)
FY2024-25 is the highest of the 6 complete years published; the 6-year average is 36,566 requests, compared with 34,153 in FY2023-24. FY2025-26 is Q1–Q3 cumulative (July to March), a part year, and is not comparable with the complete years before it.
Latest complete financial year
KPI tiles show national totals and are not affected by the filters, which apply to the charts below.
Source: data.gov.au FOI statistics workbooks, FY2019-20 – FY2025-26 (Q1–Q3 cumulative)
Compliance by agency
Agency compliance across FY2023-24 and FY2024-25, ranked worst first.
The national rate is 72.6% of 25,211 decisions in FY2024-25. The 6-year average is 74.5%.
Decided within statutory, FY trend
basis: financial year
Where did this come from?| Agency | Received | Decided | Within statutory % | vs national (pp) | Change (pp) | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Disability Insurance Agency | 2,286 | 1,310 | 33.1 | -39.5 | -15.6 | 333 |
| Department of Home Affairs | 17,120 | 6,228 | 36.5 | -36.1 | +0.9 | 1,131 |
| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | 285 | 257 | 60.7 | -11.9 | -9.4 | 99 |
| Australian Federal Police | 1,058 | 706 | 61.3 | -11.3 | +4.2 | 284 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs | 861 | 646 | 63.0 | -9.6 | +7.2 | 117 |
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 146 | 90 | 65.6 | -7.0 | -5.1 | 43 |
| Australian National University | 163 | 120 | 68.3 | -4.3 | -19.8 | 26 |
| Attorney-General's Department | 310 | 218 | 72.0 | -0.6 | -12.0 | 101 |
| Australian Postal Corporation | 147 | 131 | 75.6 | +3.0 | -3.2 | 101 |
| Civil Aviation Safety Authority | 179 | 150 | 76.0 | +3.4 | -17.6 | 66 |
Agencies are ranked worst first by within-statutory share. Agencies marked "(small sample)" decided fewer than 30 requests in at least one of 2023-24 or 2024-25 and are listed below the ranking: their rates are shown, not ranked.
Source: data.gov.au FOI statistics workbooks, FY2019-20 – FY2025-26 (Q1–Q3 cumulative)
Year-over-year comparison: volumes
basis: financial year
Source: data.gov.au FOI statistics workbooks, FY2019-20 – FY2025-26 (Q1–Q3 cumulative)
Year-over-year comparison: decision outcomes
basis: financial year
Source: data.gov.au FOI statistics workbooks, FY2019-20 – FY2025-26 (Q1–Q3 cumulative)
Year-over-year comparison: within statutory
basis: financial year
Source: data.gov.au FOI statistics workbooks, FY2019-20 – FY2025-26 (Q1–Q3 cumulative)
What the data says
Every sentence is computed from the same figures as the charts on this page.
- Requests received rose 25.2% in FY2024-25 compared with FY2023-24, to 42,759 requests.Requests received · basis: financial year
- Over FY2024-25, requests decided rose 18.1% and requests finalised rose 19.4%.Requests decided · basis: financial year
- 72.6% of decisions were made within the statutory period, down 1.2 pp versus FY2023-24.Decided within statutory · basis: financial year
- 24.8% of decisions were refused, up 0.3 pp versus FY2023-24.Refused share · basis: financial year
- 182 of 235 agencies decided fewer than 30 requests in at least one of FY2023-24 or FY2024-25, so their rates are shown, not ranked.Compliance by agency · basis: financial year
- FY2025-26 is a part year (Q1–Q3 cumulative) and never enters these comparisons.Now: Q1 2025-26 · basis: single quarter
Now: Q1 2025-26
The latest published quarter, shown on its own single-quarter basis and never inside a comparison.
Transcribed from the OAIC Power BI report, Q1 2025-26 (Jul–Sep 2025); not derivable from the cumulative Q1–Q3 workbook.