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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82397
31 pages
PDF
Internal DCCEEW and NOPSEMA communications from February-March 2025 regarding coordination on Blue Whale conservation management planning. The exchange documents a liaison meeting between the agencies where DCCEEW committed to investigating internal status and timeline for…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82209
34 pages
PDF
These meeting minutes document DCCEEW's coordination with Woodside Energy, NOPSEMA, and Western Australian regulators regarding the Browse Carbon Capture and Storage Project (EPBC 2024/10028) during September-October 2025. The disclosed documents include Project Assessment Plan…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82176
16 pages
PDF
Email communications between DCCEEW's Hazardous Waste and National Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes (NTCRS) section and Santos regarding the Ningaloo Vision FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel), conducted in January 2025. Santos…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82376
31 pages
PDF
The DCCEEW decided not to declare the Claravale Development Project Stage 2 (EPBC 2025/10376) a controlled action under the EPBC Act, despite the proposed clearing of approximately 2,722.7 hectares of habitat for listed threatened species including the Endangered Gouldian Finch.…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82456
17 pages
PDF
The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment assessed Origin Energy's proposal for a grid-scale Battery Energy Storage System adjacent to Eraring Power Station in NSW under the EPBC Act. The project triggered potential impacts on threatened species, specifically the…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
81921
529 pages
PDF
This disclosure comprises a Request for Quotation and feasibility study scope for examining mandatory energy rating disclosure in Australian commercial buildings. The Department commissioned analysis of options to expand the Commercial Building Disclosure Program and implement…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
81915
406 pages
PDF
ACIL Allen prepared a modelling report for DCCEEW analysing gas-powered generation and gas infrastructure options for Australia's National Electricity Market. The report uses PowerMark and GasMark models to assess electricity market outcomes, gas supply scenarios, and…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82394
140 pages
PDF
NOPSEMA and the Australian Antarctic Division exchanged communications regarding scientific advice on marine mammal detection strategy for the Regia MSS (marine seismic survey) project. The Australian Antarctic Division finalized acoustic monitoring advice addressing the…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82100
10 pages
PDF
Minutes from October 2025 Burrup Hub Project Assessment Plan meetings document DCCEEW's coordination of three major offshore oil and gas projects under EPBC Act referrals: North West Shelf Project Extension (EPBC 2018/8335), Browse Carbon Capture and Storage Project (EPBC…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
81922
176 pages
PDF
Ernst and Young conducted analysis for DCCEEW in December 2023 to support reform of the Safeguard Mechanism by identifying international best practice benchmarks for oil and gas emissions intensity. The work examined extracted oil and gas and stabilised crude oil/condensate…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
81984
63 pages
PDF
This FOI disclosure contains email correspondence regarding the Halls Island Standing Camp proposal (EPBC 2018/8177) at Lake Malbena in Tasmania. The documents show internal DCCEEW communications and external correspondence with Daniel Hackett from riverfly.com.au between…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82205
15 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains ministerial briefs for a January 2026 Pacific Islands Forum Troika meeting in Brisbane. The document outlines an event summary for Minister Bowen's attendance at the meeting with leaders from Solomon Islands, Palau, and Tonga, along with the PIF…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82204
10 pages
PDF
This disclosure contains ministerial correspondence and a proposal regarding climate change education (CCE) inclusion in Australia's 2025 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) update under the Paris Agreement. A correspondent urged Minister Bowen to include CCE in the NDC…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
IR 81668
40 pages
PDF
The Narara Community Battery project, funded through federal grants, completed its end-of-project report in August 2024. Key milestones were achieved: site design and environmental assessments finished by August 2023, civil construction completed by October 2023, and an…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82159
73 pages
PDF
This disclosure comprises ministerial briefs prepared for a 29 July 2025 meeting between the Environment and Water Minister and Climate Council leadership. The briefs outline government messaging on EPBC Act reform, emphasizing commitment to strengthening environmental laws…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
79741-1
156 pages
PDF
This ministerial brief concerns the reconsideration of a referral decision for marine farming expansion in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania (EPBC 2012/6406). The Department recommends revoking the original decision and substituting a new Controlled Action decision under the EPBC Act…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
81920
60 pages
PDF
This compliance report documents the 2022 implementation of a biodiversity offset plan for the Loch Sport site (Deep Lead Pty Ltd property) under EPBC approval 2019/8563 for the Gippsland Rail Line Upgrade. The offset management plan, administered by Trust for Nature, required…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82141
53 pages
PDF
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…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
81769
21 pages
PDF
This email chain documents scheduling communications between DCCEEW staff and a representative from Permagen regarding a pre-referral meeting for the Braeside Reforestation Project affecting Dry Plain grasslands. The correspondence from May 29-30, 2025 involves DCCEEW's Nature…
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DCC
DCCEEW
Released
82037
13 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains internal DCCEEW emails and notes from August and September 2023 about meetings in Perth with mining companies, plus a March 2024 email exchange and South32's 30 April 2024 submission on the Nature Positive Laws consultation paper. The informal notes…