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INFR
Infrastructure
Released
Document FOI 25-320 (740.73 KB)
6 pages
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Western Sydney International Airport flight path development received 8,477 public submissions on its draft Environmental Impact Statement released in October 2023, following extensive community engagement across 26 local government areas reaching 1.5 million addresses. The…
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INFR
Infrastructure
Released
Document FOI 25-270 (8.26 MB)
82 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains correspondence between the Department of Infrastructure and Google employees from August 2024 regarding parental control features and social media regulation. Google officials shared announcements about new safety tools including "School time mode" for…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-271 (2.64 MB)
29 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains correspondence between Victorian and Commonwealth transport ministers regarding the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East project between January 2023 and February 2025. The documents show Victoria seeking additional Commonwealth funding support for the project…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-273 (1.79 MB)
11 pages
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On 14 December 2024, a fatal farm fire occurred near Goolhi, NSW, with claims that Triple Zero (000) calls experienced dropouts. Telstra submitted a technical report to the Department in January 2025 responding to these claims. The investigation found that eight emergency calls…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-274 (11.74 MB)
56 pages
PDF
A feasibility study for removing the Madden Grove level crossing in Burnley, Victoria, prepared by the Level Crossing Removal Authority in August 2021. The document examines transport context, land use, environmental considerations, and utilities affecting the site on the Glen…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document MO 25-262 (1.42 MB)
5 pages
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Minister Rowland's office corresponded with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan regarding the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024. In a December 9, 2024 letter, Rowland reaffirmed the government's commitment to exclude YouTube from the definition of age-restricted…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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FOI 25-308
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No summary: no document is available for this release
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-288 (13.62 MB)
562 pages
PDF
This Senate Estimates brief details the geographic distribution of Department of Infrastructure staff as of 31 December 2024. The department employs 2,421 staff total, with 78.6% (1,904 employees) based in Canberra and 21.4% distributed across regional and capital city…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document MO 25-306 (3.96 MB)
31 pages
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Correspondence between Minister Tony Burke's office and Creative Australia from January-February 2025 discusses Australia's artistic representation at the 2026 Venice Biennale. A ministerial brief from Creative Australia's CEO outlines the appointment of the artistic team for…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-276 (7.06 MB)
40 pages
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This correspondence documents coordination for Australia's 2026 Venice Biennale representation. Creative Australia invited the Minister for the Arts to attend a 7 February 2025 media briefing announcing the artistic team and launching the Venice Future Fund. The event included a…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-278 (2.51 MB)
15 pages
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This FOI release contains talking points prepared by Department of Infrastructure staff for minister use regarding Khaled Sabsabi's selection as Australia's artist for the 2026 Venice Biennale. The documents explain that Creative Australia, the government's principal arts…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-314 (2.1 MB)
7 pages
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Creative Australia appointed artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, both from New South Wales, to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, marking the country's 26th participation since 1954. The selection followed a two-stage assessment process beginning…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-259 (2.52 MB)
88 pages
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This FOI release contains application and assessment information for projects funded under the Stronger Communities Program Round 6. The excerpt shows details for one approved applicant, INTEGRICARE (ABN 11000073870), a registered charity based in Homebush, NSW, which submitted…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-292 (1.35 MB)
7 pages
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This FOI release contains payment documentation related to Classification Review Board members who assessed the book "Gender Queer" by Maia Kobabe. The documents include pay advice slips from May and August 2023 showing remuneration for work performed on 29 and 31 May 2023…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-254 (1.1 MB)
4 pages
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On 1 October 2024, Australian Government Ministers with responsibility for online harms met to discuss cross-government coordination on protecting children online. The primary focus was social media age limits for children, with Ministers agreeing any minimum age would be…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-285 (1.94 MB)
25 pages
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This disclosure contains parliamentary debate material from the second reading of the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, delivered by Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland on 21 November 2024. The speech outlines the government's rationale for…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-267 (1.25 MB)
3 pages
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A ministerial submission recommends withdrawing a $54,704 Revive Live grant to Playbill Venues Pty Ltd for accessibility upgrades at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney. The withdrawal is proposed because the organisation became ineligible after its parent company, Playbill Group…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-247 (2.58 MB)
41 pages
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Between October 2024 and January 2025, the Department of Infrastructure briefed the Minister for Communications on finalising the Statutory Review of the Online Safety Act 2021. The briefing sought ministerial approval to accept an updated report from independent reviewer Delia…
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INFR
Infrastructure
Released
Document FOI 25-244 (1.71 MB)
14 pages
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Email correspondence from August 2023 between the Department of Infrastructure and the Greek Community of Melbourne regarding an Investing in Our Communities (IiOC) grant application (GA379325). The exchange clarifies confusion over the application deadline, with the applicant…
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INFR
Infrastructure
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Document FOI 25-295 (3.01 MB)
51 pages
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Senate Estimates briefing materials for the Office of the Arts outlining progress on Revive: a place for every story, a story for every place, the government's five-year National Cultural Policy launched January 2023. As of 23 January 2025, 60 of 85 planned actions have been…