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Department of Industry, Science and Resources
Supports industry, science, innovation and the resources sector to grow the economy.
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Latest releases
All 237 releases from Industry, with filters-
Industry Released
Submissions made to consultation on the Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive
The release comprises a feedback document from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) on draft forms, timeframes and customer guidance for the Critical Minerals Production Tax Incentive (CMPTI), together with a covering…
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Industry Released
Documents regarding the grant awarded to Pilot Energy Limited under the Carbon Capture Technologies Program
The release comprises a 434-page set of records on the Carbon Capture Technologies Program (CCTP) Stage 2 grant round, administered by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources on behalf of DCCEEW. It includes a decision minute dated 23 May 2024 to the General Manager, a…
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Access to Approach To Market documents for ATM ID: 2021/22-AI-002
The release comprises tender documentation for a Request for Tender for Contact Centre Services 2022, issued by AusIndustry within the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources (ATM ID 2021/22-AI-002). The released material includes the Statement of Requirements…
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Documents relating to National Quantum Strategy
The release from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources concerns the National Quantum Strategy, released on 3 May 2023, and covers briefs, timelines, consultancy records, funding tables and talking points. It sets out $64.6 million in Budget allocations, including…
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Industry Released
Communications between the Minister for Resources and Woodside Energy
The release comprises 11 documents of correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Madeleine King, and Woodside Energy, mostly from the Minister's invitations inbox, covering January to June 2026. Most are event invitations: a CME Prime Minister industry breakfast (29…
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Documents in relation to federal government assistance for The Boyer paper mill, The Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter, Rio Tinto’s Bell Bay aluminium smelter, and Nyrstar’s Hobart zinc works
The release contains internal Department of Industry, Science and Resources documents on federal support for Tasmanian heavy industry: a meeting brief (MB25-000701) for an October 2025 ministerial meeting, a Cabinet-protected ministerial submission (MS25-001206) on the Bell Bay…
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Documents relating to decision not to renew membership with the European Southern Observatory (ESO)
The release contains three documents relating to Australia's decision not to pursue membership of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). These are a letter from Minister Tim Ayres to ESO Director General Xavier Barcons dated 2 April 2026, ESO's reply dated 30 April 2026…
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Documents relating to the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility (FFSF)
The release concerns the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility (FFSF), administered through Export Finance Australia (EFA) under the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026. Documents include an EFA assessment of proposed fertiliser…
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Department's Freedom of Information (FOI) processing manual
This release is the Department of Industry, Science and Resources' internal Freedom of Information Procedure Manual (FOI 300661, Legal Branch, 2023), not a set of policy or program records. It runs to 131 pages and sets out how the department handles FOI requests: matter…
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Documents relating to the Shell Australia–Questacon sponsorship arrangement
The release comprises a 40-page support agreement dated for the 2021-22 period between Shell Australia Pty Ltd and the Commonwealth, acting through Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, within the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. The…
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Documents relating to GenCost 2025–26: Final report
This FOI release contains email correspondence from January and February 2026 between officers of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and CSIRO, concerning GenCost, CSIRO's annual electricity cost modelling. The emails arrange a meeting on the implications of…
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Industry Released
Artificial intelligence (AI) use case register for Geoscience Australia
This FOI release is an extract of Geoscience Australia's artificial intelligence use case register, covering seven entries (GA-AI-0001 to GA-AI-0007) and the register's field structure and instructions for assigning sequential IDs. The use cases include an AI agent piloted for…
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Access to documents related to the awarding of Major Project Status to Project Ares on 28 April 2026
The release concerns the awarding of Major Project Status (MPS) to Project Ares, a proposed $11.9 billion hyperscale data centre in the Northern Territory by Energy North, approved by Minister Tim Ayres on 28 April 2026. The documents include ministerial letters to the proponent…
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Ministerial diary of the Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science for May 2026
This FOI release is a ministerial diary for the Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science (listed as Minister Ayres) covering May 2026, with calendar entries from 4 to 29 May. It records cabinet meetings, a dinner at the Embassy of Ireland, a regional tour of…
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Ministerial diary of the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy for May 2026
This FOI release is the May 2026 ministerial diary of the Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy, Andrew Charlton, drawn from FOI 300648. It records confirmed and held appointments, with many entries partly redacted under s22 and s47F. The entries…
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Documents relating to the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility (FFSF)
The release comprises four pages of a briefing note (reference QB26-000089) on urea and other fertilisers, with several passages withheld under section 22(1)(a)(ii). It describes the Government's $7.5 billion Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility, which the note says helped…
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The most recent version of the department's internal Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use Case Register
The release is the Department of Industry, Science and Resources' internal AI Use Case Register, prepared for Digital Transformation Agency reporting. It lists 19 AI use cases (AIUC-001 to AIUC-019), covering named tools such as Repeatable Insights for Text Analysis (RITA), the…
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APS job families and functions classified as core work at Geoscience Australia
This FOI release from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources comprises two documents, both marked as released under FOI 300672, and both largely redacted under section 22. The first is a reference table mapping APS-wide job families and functions (such as Accounting…
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Access to all correspondence and a record of any meetings between Georgia Tree (a representative of Woodside Energy) and the Minister for Resources
This FOI release from the Department of Industry, Science and Resources comprises emails and attachments between Woodside Energy's Senior Government Relations Adviser, Georgia Tree, and the Minister for Resources' office, covering April to June 2026. The records concern an…
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Correspondence regarding the proposed SouthPAN ground station at Norfolk Island Airport
This FOI release concerns the proposed SouthPAN ground station (a GNSS reference station) at Norfolk Island Airport, held by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. It comprises correspondence from 2024 to 2026 between the department, Geoscience Australia, LINZ, the…