35% increase in Correspondance at the Attorney Generals Department

So why the enormous increase in correspondence to the Attorney Generals department????
A real possibility would be because  the failure of the Australian Public Service Commission and the Commonwealth Ombudsman to carry out their  duties under their respective Acts  and clearly covers-up any serious corrupt conduct in Government Departments

Services to ministers and Parliament

Ministerial correspondence

During the reporting period, the department processed approximately 28,122 items of correspondence addressed to the Attorney-General or the Minister for Home Affairs and Justice - an average of about 108 items a day. This is an increase of approximately 35 per cent from the previous financial year.
The department's Parliamentary Workflow Solution, ExecCorro for Government, has driven a reduction in key performance timeframes for closing ministerial correspondence items as well as providing a platform for the introduction of paperless processing of ministerial correspondence within the department.
Common topics and issues arising in ministerial correspondence included same-sex marriage and the Marriage Act, cluster munitions, deaths in custody, convoy of no confidence, carbon pricing, live animal exports, Wikileaks, copyright, classification, the Family Court and family law, Family Violence Bill, and Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians.

Parliamentary questions on notice

The statistics in Table 5.3 are provided for the department only. They do not include submissions, correspondence, briefs, questions on notice, or speeches prepared by portfolio agencies.

Table 5.3: Services to ministers and Parliament, 2011-12

Outcome/Output	Submissions to Ministers	Cabinet submissions lodged	Responses provided to ministerial correspondence	Responses to questions on notice	Briefs *	Speeches
Outcome 1 - A just and secure society through the maintenance and improvement of Australia' law and justice framework and its national security and emergency management system	1,022	20	4,936	49	653	98

* Approximate number of meeting briefs, possible parliamentary question and ministers' office briefs (does not include updated briefs or briefs provided by portfolio agencies)

Information Publication Scheme

Agencies subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) are required to publish information to the public as part of the Information Publication Scheme (IPS). This requirement is in Part II of the FOI Act and has replaced the former requirement to publish a section 8 statement in an annual report. The department displays on its website (www.ag.gov.au) a plan showing the information it publishes in accordance with the IPS requirements.