33(1)(b)

contains information or matter: (i) that was communicated in confidence by, or on behalf of, a foreign government, an authority of a foreign government or an international organisation (the foreign entity) to the Government of the Commonwealth, to an authority of the Commonwealth or to a person who received the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth (the Commonwealth entity); and (ii) which the foreign entity advises the Commonwealth entity is still confidential; and (iii) the confidentiality of which it would be reasonable to maintain
— Section 33(1)(b) of the Archives Act 1983

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D1915 SA1195 REDFERN, Charles, Active Communist probably coming to Australia 1924 - 1924
AWM54 179/1/5 [Chemical Warfare - General:] Chemical Warfare Liaison Notes, No 7 - Chemical Warfare Intelligence Requirements 1941 - 1941
A1209 1960/802 SEATO - Report of the Communications Committee. Fourth meeting, June, 1960. 1960 - 1960
AWM54 179/3/3 PART 3 [Chemical Warfare - Types of Agents:] Canada, Sub-Committee on Physiological Aspects of Chemical Warfare, Oct 1943 - Report on Iron and Chloride content of the Respiratory Tract 1943 - 1943
AWM54 179/3/3 PART 14 [Chemical Warfare - Types of Agents:] Canada, Sub-Committee on Physiological Aspects of Chemical Warfare - Report on the Toxicity of Mustard Gas by Intravenous Injections (abbr) 1944 - 1944
AWM54 179/5/7 PART 1 [Chemical Warfare - Trials:] Reports from Australian Field Experimental Station, Proserpine, Queensland (Feb 1945) [Part 1 of 10] 1945 - 1945
A12389 F13 PART 1 Submission by Department of Foreign Affairs to Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security re [portion of title exempt] 1975 - 1975
A1838 563/10/10/10 PART 2 SEATO - trends and highlights in Communist propaganda 1957 - 1957
A1838 TS696/2/2 PART 5 Regional Defence - Indonesia - Australian strategic interest 1957 - 1958
A3269 R14/B [SRD (Services Reconnaissance Department) Technical Section -] [The Sabotage] Handbook Oil 1942 - 1942
A1209 1958/5994 PART 2 [Modified title: Exchange of intelligence material] - Weekly intelligence summaries [3cm] 1958 - 1958
A6119 149 HEALY, James Volume 1 1949 - 1950
A1838 TS656/3/9 Special Intelligence - Joint Intelligence Committee - Six monthly review 1955 - 1956
A1533 1967/1296 List of criminals wanted for murder by Italian authorities 1966 - 1977
AWM54 179/1/20 PART 15 [Chemical Warfare - General:] Australian Military Forces: Technical Notes and Staff Notes - Chemical Warfare, Feb 1945 [Part 15 of 19] 1945 - 1945
A462 439/1/29 Far East - JIC [Joint Intelligence Committee] Singapore - Reports 1952 - 1956
A1209 1958/5150 Middle East - JIC intelligence summaries 1958 1958 - 1958
A432 1969/3072 ATTACHMENT 1 Wilfred Graham Burchett 1954 - 1954
A5882 CO567 PART 4 Law of the Sea - Application to Australia - 1971 - [5.5cm] Jul 1972 - Aug 1972
AWM54 179/5/8 PART 9 [Chemical Warfare - Trials:] Munitions Supply Laboratories. Abstract reports indexed in records of Chemical Defence Board [Part 9 of 23] 1944 - 1944