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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.

All information included in this log is available for public access.

Check this log before you make a new FOI request.

We also help portfolio Ministers to comply with disclosure obligations. Our disclosure log provides details in relation to any documents released by the office of a portfolio Minister.

What we don’t publish

We don't publish information that would be considered 'unreasonable' to publish, unless it can be practically modified. This includes:

  • personal information about any person
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Some documents in the list of previous FOI requests may not be available for download.

Contact us to access any of these documents. Make sure to include the FOI reference number in your request.

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List of past FOI requests

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

  • See the past Agriculture FOI disclosure log.
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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 Sort ascending Publication Date Scope of Request Agency Documents Released
190502 19 June 2019
  1. Any policies, procedures, guidelines, correspondence or directives issued by the Office of the Minister of the Environment and Energy to the Department of the Environment and Energy concerning how the Department should assess requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
  2. Any policies, procedures, guidelines, correspondence or directives issued by officers or employees of the Department of the Environment and Energy concerning how the Department should assess requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

The relevant time period for search of information is from 2 July 2016 to 6 May 2019.

Department of the Environment and Energy 190502.pdf
MO190036 19 June 2019
  1. Any policies, procedures, guidelines, correspondence or directives concerning how the Office of the Minister for Energy assesses requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth), including documents received from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, or the Office of the Prime Minister.
  2. Any policies, procedures, guidelines, correspondence or directives concerning the retention, custody or destruction of Ministerial documents, should the Coalition not form government after the 18 May 2019 federal election, including any documents concerning the categorisation of materials for the purposes of document retention, custody or destruction.

The relevant time period for search of information is from 2 July 2016 to 16 May 2019.

Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction mo190036.pdf
190417 17 June 2019
  1. All correspondence between the Department and CSIRO, or the Department and Geoscience Australia relating to the Groundwater Management and Monitoring Plan (GMMP) or the Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystem Management Plan (GDEMP) between 1 January 2019 and 15 April 2019.
  2. All briefing notes and reports (either draft or final) provided by CSIRO or Geoscience Australia to the Department relating to the GMMP or GDEMP between 1 January 2019 and 15 April 2019.
  3. All records of meetings, records of phone calls, file notes, briefing notes or memos relating to any interactions between the Department and CSIRO, or the Department and Geoscience Australia about the GMMP or GDEMP between 1 January 2019 and 15 April 2019.
  4. The document titled ‘Summary of CSIRO and Geoscience Australia Advice on Groundwater Management Plans and Response’ as referred to in the letter from the CSIRO to the Department on 5 April 2019.
  5. Any internal correspondence, briefing, notes or reports by the Department relating to the assessment of the GMMP or GDEMP after the plans were re-submitted in March following feedback from CSIRO and Geoscience Australia.
  6. All internal briefing notes and reports (either draft or final) produced by the Department relating to the GMMP or GDEMP between 1 January 2019 and 15 April 2019.
Department of the Environment and Energy 190417_part2.pdf 190417_part1.pdf
190418 17 June 2019
  1. All correspondence between the Department and Adani, their lobbyists or their consultants relating to the Groundwater Management and Monitoring Plan (GMMP) or the Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystem Management Plan (GDEMP) between 1 January 2019 and 15 April 2019.
  2. All briefing notes, reports, minutes of meetings, records of phone calls, file notes or memos relating to any interactions with Adani, their lobbyists or their consultants, pertaining to the GMMP or GDEMP between 1 January 2019 and 15 April 2019.
  3. The report titles 'Research Study Report - Source Aquifer to Doogmabulla Springs', Adani 2018.
Department of the Environment and Energy 190418_0.pdf
190419 17 June 2019
  1. Any records from meetings between department staff and Angus Taylor and/or his staff regarding the ecological community "natural temperate grassland of the south eastern highlands" and/or grasslands in the Monaro region. This includes, but is not limited to, the minister's diary entries, notes from meetings, diary entries for department staff who attended meetings, correspondence related to meetings with the minister and/or his staff, any notes from phone calls, any briefings prepared in advance of or as a result of those meetings. Documents and information from 2017 until April 12 2019 are sought.
  2. Additionally, I seek any correspondence between department staff and Angus Taylor and/or his staff regarding the ecological community "natural temperate grassland of the south eastern highlands" and/or grasslands in the Monaro region. Correspondence from 2017 until April 12 2019 is sought. 
Department of the Environment and Energy 190419.pdf
190315 14 June 2019
  • All documents considered by or provided to the Department with respect to the variation dated 3 October 2014 to the conditions of approval of the project EPBC/5846.
  • All documents concerning the fulfilment or non-fulfilment, in part or whole, of condition 15 (as amended from time to time) in the approval of the project EPBC 2011/5846.
Department of the Environment and Energy 190315.pdf
190207 12 June 2019

The signed proposed approval decision briefs and final approval decision briefs, including all attachments for the following projects:

  • EPBC 2016/7776 Shoreline Redlands Pty Ltd/Residential Development/Serpentine Creek Rd and Orchard Rd Redland Bay/Queensland/Shoreline urban village development, Redland Bay, Qld
  • EPBC 2016/7676 Springfield Land Corporation Pty limited/Residential Development/Brookwater/Queensland/First Nine Master planned residential development, Brookwater, Qld
  • EPBC 2016/7723 DEFENCE HOUSING AUTHORITY/Residential Development/7 kilometres south of Ipswich/Queensland/Residential development, Rawlings Road, Ripley Valley
Department of the Environment and Energy 190207-part1.pdf 190207-part2.pdf 190207-part3.pdf 190207-part4.zip 190207-part5.pdf 190207-part6.pdf 190207-part7.pdf 190207-part8.pdf
190416 11 June 2019
  1. Correspondence within the department regarding alleged illegal land clearing in Corrongwong and/or Delegate NSW. Correspondence from 2015 to the present is sought.
  2. Any communication with Angus Taylor and/or his staff regarding land clearing. This includes, but is not limited to, departmental correspondence, diary entries, phone records, messages, briefings, meeting notes, text messages, and correspondence with the minister and/or his staff. Documents from 2015 to the present are sought.
  3. Any communication with Angus Taylor's brother Richard Taylor regarding land clearing. This includes, but is not limited to, departmental correspondence, diary entries, phone records, messages, briefings, meeting notes, text messages, and correspondence with Richard Taylor. Documents from 2015 to the present are sought.
Department of the Environment and Energy 190416.pdf
190414 11 June 2019
  1. The package of documents (normally called the decision brief) prepared by the Department that the Minister considered in making the decision to approve Adani’s GMMP and GDEMP.
  2. Correspondence and records of meetings between the Department and Minister Price (or her office) relating to Adani’s GMMP or GDEMP between 1 November 2018 and 10 April 2019.
  3. Briefing material prepared by the Department for Minister Price relating to Adani’s GMMP or GDEMP between 1 December 2018 and 21 March 2019.
  4. Correspondence, and records of meeting, between the Department and Minister Canavan (or his office) or between the Department and Minister Taylor (or his office) relating to the GMMP or GDEMP between 1 December 2018 and 21 March 2019.
Department of the Environment and Energy 190414.pdf
190420 7 June 2019

I make request under the Freedom Of Information Act 1982 for all documents computer generated or otherwise pertaining to public private partners such as JEMENA gathering "Private Information" on home owners, renters or others through the "Smart Meter Wi-Fi networks. I seek all documents related to disaggregated information collected and stored by the companies such as JEMENA and the level of the information collected and any clandestine intelligence gathering by these government contracted companies. I also seek all documents relating third party sharing of the information disaggregated or otherwise with law enforcement agencies, City councils, or any other organisations.

Department of the Environment and Energy 190420.pdf

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