Disclosure log

The applicant requested documents in relation to the working group established to review pet food and safety.

Full access was granted to six documents and part access was granted to one document with deletions under s47F(1).

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Internal review of FOI 190717.

I seek access to documents to which FOI applicants have been given access to since 18 December 2018.  I limit the scope of the request to documents the release of which should have been subject to an entry in the disclosure log.

Access was granted in full to the relevant document packs by providing a link to the disclosure log. 

The meeting and discussions had at DWER after site visit of Lot 3 Buller Rd, Waroona by DOEE. Information provided to DWER by DOEE on request between Jan 2018 to current and vice versa.

All documents held by the office of Minister Taylor relating to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee's inquiry hearing into Australia's Faunal Extinction Crisis on Friday 23rd August 2019.

The applicant requested a copy of a Ministerial Submission MS16-002425.

Two documents were released in part with deletions under s47D and s47F(1).

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The following documents held by the Office of Compliance or the Environment Protection Group:

• Incoming or outgoing correspondence with Barnaby Joyce MP since January 2018 *

*including ministerial correspondence prepared by the Department

1. The Scientific Committee's written assessment and copy of comments to the Minister for the Environment pursuant to section 194N(1)(b) relating to the listing of Tuart woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain (rwSCP) as a threatened ecological community (TEC)
2. Any documents relating to the Minister's decision to defer a decision on whether or not to list TWSCP as a TEC to "allow the Minister to consider more information about consultation that has occurred with stakeholders in affected areas". This includes documents both prior to and subsequent to the decision to defer

Regarding requests 1 and 2: I would like to revise these to exclude any submissions made to the Scientific Committee by individuals or organizations, public or private. I only require documents prepared by the Department or its predecessors, the Scientific Committee, or other Commonwealth body.

3. Any documents provided to the Minister for Environment between 25 May 2019 and 28 June 2019 relating to listing of TWSCP as a TEC.
4. Any documents relating to the letter from Glen McLeod Legal to the Minster for Environment in June 2018 regarding listing of Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain as a TEC.

Regarding request 4: I would like to amend the request to exclude any documents relating to the listing of the Banksia Woodlands of the Swan Coastal Plain. I only require documents prepared by the Department or its predecessors, the Scientific Committee, or other Commonwealth body in relation to the letter from Glen McLeod Legal.

The applicant requested copies of documents in relation to the purchase of water entitlements.

Three documents were released in full and part access was granted to 24 documents with deletions under s 47C(1), s 47D and s 47F(1).

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1. Correspondence with the proponent or their consultant(s) that discusses proposed avoidance, mitigation or offset measures associated with EPBC 2016/7838, Meadowbank Station. The timeframe for this request is 17 October 2017 to 9 February 2018 (inclusive, and;
2. The ‘Additional Information’ provided by the proponent for EPBC 2016/7838 on 17 October 2017 (as per Doc 2 in FOI 190619)

Copies of all documentation (including Registration of Interest) and correspondence held by the Department that details the rationale for the decision to shortlist Delta - Lake Macquarie, New South Wales - Coal Upgrade under the Government's 'Underwriting New Generation Investments program'.