In accordance with a Senate Order for the production of indexed lists of departmental and agency files, we produce an indexed list of titles for files that we create. We publish this list every 6 months to make government operations more transparent to the Australian public.
The MDBA file lists are published twice a year, in the autumn and spring parliament sittings:
- Spring sittings – files created in the preceding January to June.
- Autumn sittings – files created in the preceding July to December.
The files are arranged by title in response to the Senate Order requirement that the list be 'indexed'.
View the file lists
Files and information not included
In accordance with the Senate Order, our list of files excludes:
- Files transferred to the National Archives of Australia.
- Case related files (for example personal representations or dealing with the personal affairs of departmental or agency clients).
- Files essentially related to the internal administration of the agency (staff or personnel, accounts, training or general administrative matters).
Other information in file titles that has been removed in accordance with the Senate Order includes:
- Commercially confidential information.
- Identifiably personal information.
- Any security classified information which is disclosed in or which could reasonably be established from a file title.
Last updated: 24 March 2025