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DCCEEW
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78424
6 pages
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Snowy Hydro's cloud seeding program in the NSW Snowy Mountains operates under the Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Act 2004 and requires five-yearly Environmental Management Plan (EMP) reviews. The program has increased snowfall by 14% on average during suitable conditions and…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78539
21 pages
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Kestrel Coal Pty Limited applied for $38.8 million in Powering the Regions Fund Safeguard Transformation Stream Round 1 funding for a Ventilation Air Methane Abatement Project at Kestrel Mine near Crinum, Queensland (July 2024–September 2027). The eligibility checklist confirms…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78617
1 page
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In May 2024, Minister Tanya Plibersek received a departmental brief on the McPhillamy's Gold Mine EPBC Act decision, where the department recommended a partial declaration under section 10 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act. Rather than…
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DCCEEW
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78602
5 pages
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This document is Minister Bowen's ministerial diary for October 1-31, 2024, heavily redacted under section 22 (information concerning Commonwealth-State relations). The excerpt shows only bare scheduling information: overseas travel September 30 - October 6 (including a meeting…
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DCCEEW
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78335
11 pages
PDF
The disclosed documents consist of email correspondence from March 2024 relating to DCCEEW's response to written questions on notice submitted by Senator Hanson-Young during the Senate Environment and Communications Committee's inquiry into the Middle Arm Industrial Precinct.…
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DCCEEW
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78603
5 pages
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DCCEEW
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78381
31 pages
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DCCEEW
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78378
44 pages
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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…
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DCCEEW
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78556
79 pages
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DCCEEW sought ministerial approval in February 2024 to release draft Onshore Wind Farm Guidance for public consultation under the EPBC Act. The guidance was developed to provide clarity for wind farm proponents on information requirements, addressing identified gaps in existing…
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DCCEEW
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78452
145 pages
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This FOI disclosure contains a Commonwealth contract between DCCEEW and Indigenous Marine Resources (Tibau Stanley Lui), commencing 15 March 2023 for three months with optional one-month extensions. The contract supports the National Environmental Science Program (NESP), which…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78242
118 pages
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A May 2022 heritage assessment report evaluates an application under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 to protect a specified area within the proposed McPhillamys Gold Mine project near Kings Plains, NSW. The applicant claimed the area holds…
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DCCEEW
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78236
75 pages
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This FOI release contains departmental briefing materials analysing an application under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984 (ATSIHP) to declare Kings Plain near Blayney, NSW as a significant Aboriginal area requiring protection from the…
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DCCEEW
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78244
8 pages
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This FOI release comprises internal correspondence from July-August 2023 between DCCEEW, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) regarding questions on the Victorian Energy Review…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78447
4 pages
PDF
DCCEEW contracted the Australian Academy of Science in December 2022 to organise three collaborative roundtables bringing together cross-disciplinary scientists to assess climate change impacts on Great Barrier Reef species, habitats and ecosystems, and to identify and…
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DCCEEW
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78517
69 pages
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78519
44 pages
PDF
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water approved the Mount Pleasant Optimisation Project (EPBC 2020/8735) near Muswellbrook, NSW for MACH Energy Australia Pty Ltd. The approval permits realignment of the Northern Link Road, increased open-cut coal…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78217
92 pages
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Correspondence from December 2023 between Alcoa and DCCEEW regarding project HUN00345 shows monthly coordination meetings between the mining company and the department's Nature Positive Regulation Division. An Alcoa representative proposed cancelling the December meeting due to…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78213
59 pages
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The disclosure contains ministerial correspondence and internal briefing materials regarding the Natural Temperate Grassland of the South Eastern Highlands, a critically endangered threatened ecological community listed under the EPBC Act since 2000. Minister Frydenberg's letter…
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DCCEEW
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77942
44 pages
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This FOI disclosure contains correspondence regarding the recycling and removal of office task chairs from the Department's premises at 51 Allara Street. The material consists of emails from May 2024 between a DCCEEW staff member and Zenith Interiors, a furniture recycling…
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DCC
DCCEEW
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78588
4 pages
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This document is a procurement evaluation report, not an environmental assessment or regulatory decision. It concerns the Emissions Reduction Division's selection of the National Museum of Australia as a venue supplier for a November 2024 staff divisional day for 80-120…