Disclosure log

We publish a list of documents we have released in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests as required by the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). We publish these documents within 10 business days of release to the FOI applicant.

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List of past FOI requests

You can browse FOI requests published before 2018 in the NLA archive:

FOI disclosure log

The table below contains requests from January 2018 to present for the department, relevant minister, and a number of agencies previously associated with the former Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment.

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FOI Reference Release Date Publication Date Scope of Request Agency Documents Released
23604

Pages from previous FOI requests.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 23604.pdf
23513

All correspondence between the department and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization regarding the Great Barrier Reef between the dates of June 8, 2021 and June 22, 2021.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 23513.pdf
LEX-23530

The applicant requested information on outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis on ocean-going cruise ships.

 lex-23530_0.pdf
23226

Decision brief of Operation of Peel River Drought Protection Works - EPBC 2019/8590.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 23226.pdf
23133

Attachment E43 to Browse to North West Shelf referral decision brief - EPBC 2018/8319.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 23133.pdf
22949

Correspondence regarding UPC Robbins Island wind farm project offsets and Tasmanian Devils between 1 March 2021 to 18 May 2021.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 22949.pdf
22591

Attachments to Narrabri Gas Project Brief - EPBC 2014/7376.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 22591.pdf
22704

Correspondence regarding Shamrock Station - EPBC 2017/8004 between 1 August 2020 to 23 April 2021.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 22704.pdf
21604
  1. The "proposed letter" referred to in document 1 contained in previous FOI decision 200709, including all drafts and the final version.
  2. Any response to this letter from the Queensland Minister/their office referred to in Andrew McNee's email dated 5 March 2020.
  3. Any correspondence sent or received by departmental staff or the federal environment minister or her office in relation to this proposed letter, including correspondence in any way related to its preparation or any records of meetings where matters relevant to this proposed letter were raised. Please confine your searches to the period covering 1 December 2019 to 1 June 2020.
  4. Any response sent by the former Queensland environment minister, Steven Miles to the letter at document 1a contained in previous FOI decision 200709.

For completeness, I do not require any documents that only discuss, or refer to, the proposed letter in passing

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 21604.pdf
LEX-22663

Minister Littleproud’s office received an FOI request where the applicant requested documents in relation to any representation made by the Member for Braddon to the Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management regarding agriculture workforce shortages in Tasmania.

 Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management lex-22663_0.pdf