Communications With Manyana Matters Environmental Association - EPBC 2020/8704.

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This FOI release documents correspondence regarding EPBC referral 2020/8704 concerning the Manyana Conservation Reserve. In February 2024, the Manyana Matters Environmental Association sought a meeting with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to discuss concerns about a proponent's Preliminary Documentation, citing community impacts and deficiencies in the submission. The Minister's office declined the meeting, citing strict protocols governing ministerial engagement with objectors to matters under her decision-making authority, which require documented conversations and consideration of natural justice principles. The office agreed to lodge the Association's correspondence with the department for notation. No substantive environmental data, scientific assessment outcomes, or decision details are evident in these excerpts; the release captures the procedural gatekeeping surrounding advocacy access to the Minister during the EPBC assessment process.