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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80166
6 pages
PDF
The Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner reviewed an Energy and Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON) complaint regarding EnergyCo's New England Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) communications. The complaint alleged that EnergyCo's advertisement of an 8 GW network capacity without…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79928
60 pages
PDF
This disclosure comprises regulatory guidance on Australia's sea dumping framework under the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981, which implements the London Convention and London Protocol. Documents outline the seven waste categories permitted for ocean dumping…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80418
102 pages
PDF
This decision brief concerns the Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline (EPBC 2008/4620), a referral under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The department recommended confirming the original "not a controlled action" (NCA) decision following a public…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80264
3 pages
PDF
The Australian Energy Market Operator sought clarification from DCCEEW regarding the 4.2 gigawatt capacity figure announced for the Illawarra offshore Renewable Energy Zone. In a September 2023 email exchange, AEMO's Strategic Planning Manager requested an urgent phone…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80113
8 pages
PDF
The disclosed correspondence concerns EPBC referral 2024/10028 for Woodside Energy's Browse Carbon Capture and Storage Project, which proposes to transport and inject up to 4 million tonnes of CO₂ annually into the Calliance Storage Formation in the Indian Ocean, Western…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
IR 80210
2 pages
PDF
This FOI disclosure is a procedural index listing ministerial submissions received by Minister Bowen and Assistant Minister Wilson between 3-26 May 2025. Two submissions to Minister Bowen are identified: the release of the December 2024 Quarterly Update to the National…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80520
1 page
PDF
Kakadu National Park visitor numbers from financial years 2000–01 to 2023–24, compiled by DCCEEW. Data from 2000–05 derive from park ticket sales estimates (ranging 158,000–189,000 annually); from 2005–06 onwards, figures are based on calibrated vehicle classifiers at northern…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80346
11 pages
PDF
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79953
53 pages
PDF
This ministerial briefing concerns a Federal Court challenge to the validity of the NSW North East Regional Forest Agreement (NE RFA). The document recommends the Minister for Environment and Water correspond with NSW counterparts to prepare for a possible adverse court decision…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79947
PDF
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80040
3 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains personal correspondence regarding a proposed Chinese research station in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. The released documents consist of three emails from March-April 2025 sent to the Environmental Impact Assessment section expressing opposition to the…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79975
18 pages
PDF
This correspondence from April 2024 discusses administrative procedures for implementing the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) under the National Electricity Law. Department officials clarified that section 51 of the NEL allows a Minister of a participating jurisdiction to…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80258
4 pages
PDF
The Minister for Industry and Science awarded Major Project Status to the Gippsland Dawn Offshore Wind Project on 10 October 2024, a 2.1-gigawatt offshore wind facility proposed by BlueFloat Energy in the Bass Strait off Gippsland, Victoria. The decision grants a three-year…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80284
3 pages
PDF
In October 2023, DCCEEW updated its offshore wind webpage and released conceptual visualisations for the proposed Illawarra Offshore Wind Zone off NSW's coast. The visualisations were explicitly stated as reference material only, not representing any specific project. The…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80283
1 page
PDF
On 24 October 2023, DCCEEW's Offshore Renewable Energy Team notified stakeholders of updated web content on the offshore wind framework and released conceptual visualisations for the proposed Illawarra Offshore Wind Zone. The visualisations were explicitly noted as reference…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79920
PDF
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79897
90 pages
PDF
Correspondence between DCCEEW's Approvals Compliance Section and an external party regarding EPBC approval 2004/1365 for Forsythe Dam at Legune Station (located in Western Australia, despite initial reference suggesting Northern Territory) from December 2023 to May 2024. The…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80167
8 pages
PDF
Greenpeace Australia Pacific submitted a reconsideration request on 19 March 2025 under section 78A of the EPBC Act regarding the North West Shelf Project Extension (EPBC 2018/8335) in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, which received a controlled action decision from the…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79964
2 pages
PDF
Minutes from three March 2025 Burrup Hub Project Assessment Plan meetings document federal-state coordination on three major oil and gas developments under EPBC Act oversight. The North West Shelf Project Extension (EPBC 2018/8335) involved a reconsideration request from…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
80123
12 pages
PDF
This decision brief concerns the North West Shelf Project Extension (EPBC 2018/8335), a Woodside Energy proposal to extend operations of the Karratha Gas Plant in Western Australia until November 2068 through processing third-party gas and extending joint venture field…