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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
73875
211 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains minutes from the 41st National Oil Security Emergency Committee (NOSEC) meeting held 16 June 2022, a multi-agency coordination body chaired by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Attendees included representatives from all state and…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78334
219 pages
PDF
This preliminary business case, prepared by Marsden Jacob Associates for the Northern Territory Government in January 2024, evaluates the economic viability of expanding the Ord River irrigation scheme into the Northern Territory. The document type is a consultant-prepared…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
IR 77481
120 pages
PDF
This is a compliance report for the Coomera Connector Stage 1 road project (EPBC 2020/8646) covering the period 17 March 2023 to 17 March 2024. Prepared by Queensland's Department of Transport and Main Roads, the document was signed by Regional Director Andrew Wheeler on 11 June…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78180
254 pages
PDF
Email correspondence between DCCEEW and the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) from March 2024 arranging a meeting on "nature positive reforms." The exchange confirms attendance from both organizations for a Teams meeting scheduled for 7 March 2024 at 3pm, with DCCEEW…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78164
1 page
PDF
This disclosure contains a single budget document regarding Antarctic aviation operations. The 2023-24 approved aviation budget was $34,650,362 (GST excluded) for contracted services covering jets, ski planes, and helicopters. The document provides no environmental assessment…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78341
129 pages
PDF
This approval decision brief concerns the Mount Pleasant Optimisation Project near Muswellbrook, NSW (EPBC 2020/8735), a coal mining development subject to EPBC Act assessment. The brief presents recommendations for final approval under two controlling provisions: listed…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78445
67 pages
PDF
This document is a ministerial diary for the Minister for Environment and Water covering 26 June to 2 July 2023. The diary entries show the minister's scheduled appointments and movements but contain minimal substantive environmental information. Visible entries reference…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78339
185 pages
PDF
This approval decision brief concerns the Narrabri Underground Mine Stage 3 Extension Project (EPBC 2019/8427) in NSW. The document presents recommendations to approve the project under two EPBC Act controlling provisions: listed threatened species and communities (sections 18…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78037
76 pages
PDF
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78340
33 pages
PDF
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water prepared a decision brief recommending approval of Ashton Coal Operations' underground mining expansion at Ravensworth, NSW (EPBC 2022/09208). The brief sought ministerial approval under the Environment…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78429
17 pages
PDF
In August 2024, Minister Tanya Plibersek's office requested advice from the Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) on an unspecified environmental matter (reference MB24-000555). Internal DCCEEW emails from July-August show departmental staff coordinating the dispatch of…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78053
118 pages
PDF
This Request for Quotation documents DCCEEW's procurement of a feasibility study on expanding the Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) Program to include mandatory energy ratings for most commercial buildings in Australia. Released 3 January 2023 with a closing date of 24…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78398
2 pages
PDF
The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts received a referral under the EPBC Act for the Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline, a proposed 825 km high-pressure natural gas pipeline extending from the Surat Basin in Queensland to the Hunter River near Newcastle…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78070
50 pages
PDF
This FOI disclosure contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Matthew Kean as Chair of the Climate Change Authority. The documents include an internal brief from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water dated 21 June 2024 recommending Kean's…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78365
44 pages
PDF
DCCEEW officials prepared briefing materials analyzing the Coalition's electricity policy, specifically examining gas power generation as a response to projected electricity supply shortfalls. Internal correspondence from September 2024 shows staff developing talking points…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78034
PDF
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78369
20 pages
PDF
Defence Housing Australia's surveys of the Lee Point development site (July-October 2022) identified potential Gouldian Finch breeding and foraging habitat, though DHA concluded Stage 2 impacts would not be significant. However, DCCEEW's assessment determined the development may…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78332
19 pages
PDF
On 4 July 2024, the Minister for Environment and Water's office requested the Independent Expert Scientific Committee (IESC) provide advice on risks associated with unconventional gas exploration and appraisal activities in the Beetaloo Basin. The draft letter from Marcus Finn…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78400
146 pages
PDF
This disclosure concerns DCCEEW's preliminary FOI charges assessment for a request seeking correspondence and emails relating to a $300,000 grant awarded to Dr Jodi Edwards in February 2024 to investigate Indigenous songlines' role in protecting whales and dolphins over…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
78354
6 pages
PDF
A decision package from May 2024 presents ministerial recommendations regarding the McPhillamys Gold Mine in New South Wales under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. The document recommends partial protection: declaring the Belubula River…