Documents Regarding Australia-US Critical Minerals Deal.

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Internal DCCEEW correspondence from December 2025 regarding an Alcoa project and a Notice of Intent (NIE) under unspecified provisions. Documents show departmental staff coordinating a meeting with a senior official (name redacted under s. 47F(1)) to discuss Alcoa's NIE application, which was considered "very broad." Staff correspondence indicates Deputy Secretary Shane Gaddes directed the department to prepare the NIE for ministerial decision by 5 January 2026, with parameters of 12 months duration and limited to 800 hectares. The specific environmental impacts, project location, and species or ecosystems affected are not detailed in these excerpts. No scientific disagreement or compliance issues are apparent from the released sections.