Further Documents From LEX 81165 Regarding NWS Extension Project - EPBC 2018/8335.

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This disclosure concerns the NWS (North West Shelf) Extension Project (EPBC 2018/8335) and consists of internal Department communications from May-June regarding the Minister's final decision on the project. The documents reveal that three reconsideration requests were deemed invalid as "necessary precursor decisions" before the Minister's determination. A formal ministerial decision was issued on 26 May, with public announcement at 2 PM that day. Post-decision, another agency raised "strong concerns on condition 3" of the approval and sought meetings with the Department to address the concern. The release does not include substantive environmental assessments, scientific advice, or quantified impact data—only procedural communications about decision timing, reconsideration outcomes, and post-approval condition negotiations between agencies.