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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
200713

Documents held by the Department (DAWE) between 15 June and 27 July 2020, emails or briefs between Minister Ley’s office and DAWE that discuss EPBC approvals for Perth airport or Narrabri gas field

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200713.pdf
LEX-4423

The applicant requested documents in relation to RETWA’s exemption application and correspondence between the Department and certain third parties.

 lex-4423_0.pdf
200603

Copy of all heritage assessments that have been made by the department, in association with the Shenhua open cut coal mine in NSW.

Additionally, I seek to obtain copies of all documents that contain written reasons by the Environment Minister Sussan Ley, for all approvals that have been made by her in association with this site; since she has taken office.

Please exclude written reasons for approvals, unless those approvals were made by Sussan Ley as minister or a delegate of the minister.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200603.pdf
LEX-20264

The applicant requested information regarding the weights and/or volumes of consignments AC9MR44TW, AECMGATFF and AE4F7FLY.

 LEX-20264_0.pdf
LEX-3892

The applicant requested copies of valuation reports regarding the valuation of overland flow water licences within the Lower Balonne region of the Condamine Balonne Water Resource Plan.

 lex-3892 _0.pdf
200606

Any correspondence between the Department and the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA), in relation to a definition of TTS in whales as injury. Any documents / information created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200606.pdf
200511

Documents regarding EPBC Referral 2019/8534 - Mahalo Development Area CSG Project.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200511.pdf
200512

All documents that were before the Minister and/or her delegate for consideration when determining whether to approve the EPBC referral 2019/8424 “Cairns Regional Council/Natural Resources Management/151 Abbott Street, Cairns City, QLD, 4870/Queensland/Flying-fox relocation measures, 151 Abbott Street, Cairns, Qld”, including (without limitation) any decision brief (or similar document) and any attachments to it.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200512.pdf
200509
  • Advice, correspondence, notes, emails and reports from the Minister for Environment's expert panel on wildlife and bushfire recovery in relation to how the EPBC Act could better support wildlife and habitat recovery from fire events. 
  • Advice, correspondence, notes, emails and reports from the Minister for Environment's expert panel on wildlife and bushfire recovery in relation to how $25 million emergency intervention fund will be allocated.
  • Any advice by any of the panel experts on koala recovery as a result of the bushfires in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia.
 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200509.pdf
200507

Documents in the possession of the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), including, as may be relevant, the Australian Heritage Council, being:
•         Correspondence between DAWE and DFAT;
•         Final versions of internal reports and briefs produced by DAWE; and
•         Formal minutes of meetings, being meetings either internally within DAWE or meetings between DFAT and DAWE;
 which discuss the likelihood and/or ramifications of a potential change to the Great Barrier Reef’s UNESCO World Heritage status to ‘in danger’.
 
The date range for the above documents are from June 2019. The request does not include documents held by DFAT, which are not held by DAWE.

 Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment 200507.pdf