Disclosure log

The following documents, to the extent that they relate to the referral EPBC 2018/8177.

1. The decision brief (including attachments) for the decision on the referral, as notified on 31 August 2018.
2. Correspondence between the Department and the Minister for the Environment and Energy (Minister Frydenberg) regarding the referral.
3. Correspondence between the Department and the Minister for the Environment (Minister Price) regarding the referral.

We request all documents that are not already publicly available relating to Mr James Barker’s Statement of Reasons for the Coomera Woods Master Planned Development for EPBC Referral 2017/8134 over the last 12 months, including but not limited to:

1. All briefing notes, assessment reports, memorandums, emails or similar (however named) internal to the Department for the purpose of briefing Mr Barker for the decision.
2. All correspondence between the Department of Environment and Polaris Coomera Pty Ltd and its related entities, agents or consultants.
3. The attachments referred to on page 10 of the Department of Environment and Energy’s Statement of Reasons dated 5 July 2018. Specifically, we particularly request the following attachments:
   • Attachment C (additional information provided 1 January 2018, 12 March 2018, 6 April 2018 and 7 May 2018)
   • Attachment E (2015 site inspection expert report)
   • Attachment F (the Department’s Environment Reporting Tool report)
   • Attachment I (response from Minister’s delegate dated 17 January 2018)
   • Attachment L (decision notice)
   • Attachment M (letter to Polaris Coomera Pty Ltd and the Queensland Government)

[Item 1] All advice (minutes, briefings, advice, emails, etc) provided by the department to the minister on the awarding of a $443.3 million grant to Great Barrier Reef Foundation.

On Monday 22nd May 2017 the Minister for Energy and Environment (as he then was), Josh Frydenberg announced that a $390,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) would be awarded to ClimateWorks in order to promote the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia.

More information here: https://www.climateworksaustralia.org/story/media-release/new-national-…

Patrick Finnegan submits a Freedom Of Information Request under Section 11 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) and seeks:

1. A schedule of all documents relating to the decision made by ARENA to award the grant of $390,000 to Climate Works to promote the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia.
2. Copies of the following documents or types of documents:
   • A copy of the application for funding made by Climate Works to ARENA and copies of any ancillary documentation supplied by Climate Works in support of the application.
   • Details of the decision criteria applied to the approval of funding on foot of the application for funding submitted by ClimateWorks.
   • An explanation of why funding ClimateWorks and the EV Council was considered the most effective way of promoting the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia.
   • A description of the relationship between ClimateWorks and the EV Council and details of the subsequent distribution of funds between ClimateWorks and the EV Council.
   • A copy of the agreement between ARENA and ClimateWorks/EVCouncil describing, amongst other things, the guidelines laid down by ARENA governing disbursement of the funds by ClimateWorks/EV Council and details of any activities excluded from funding and any limitations on how the funding could be spent.
   • A detailed line item breakdown of how ClimateWorks/EV Council have used the funding to promote electric vehicles and a statement of account showing transfers of ARENA funds between ClimateWorks/EV Council and third parties and any balance remaining.
   • A description of how ARENA intend to audit Climate Works/EV Council to ensure that the funding was spent appropriately.

I request copies of all documents (letters, reports, email, memos, photos, in relation the following:

1.         Sea Dumping Permit for the HMAS Tobruk

2.         Monitoring and Assessment Reports of the Sea Dumping Permit of the HMAS Tobruk in Queensland.

3.         Management Plan for the HMAS Tobruk scuttling site

4.         All documents including safety assessments and management plans from January 2018 to date regarding the HMAS Tobruk and the Sea Dumping Permit related to the vessel.

5.         All documents in relation to future sea dumping permits currently in the assessment process for ex naval vessels.

6.         Monitoring reports and any correspondence in relation to monitoring and compliance with permit conditions for HMAS Adelaide from 1 July 2015 to date

7.         Monitoring reports and any correspondence in relation to monitoring and all documents in relation to compliance with permit conditions for HMAS Adelaide from 23 October 2015 to date.

8.         Current management plan for the HMAS Adelaide site.

Under the FOI Act I request documents, and any correspondence to which they were attached, relating to the Reef Partnership 2050 grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation that were produced as required under the Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines 2017, part 4.6:

"4.6. Officials must provide written advice to Ministers, where Ministers exercise the role of an approver. This advice must, at a minimum:

1. explicitly state that the spending proposal being considered for approval is a 'grant';
2. provide information on the applicable requirements of the PGPA Act and Rule and the CGRGs (particularly any ministerial reporting obligations), including the legal authority for the grant;
3. outline the application and selection process followed, including the selection criteria, that were used to select potential grantees; and
4. include the merits of the proposed grant or grants relative to the grant opportunity guidelines and the key principle of achieving value with relevant money”

If these documents can be released under administrative access I will gladly withdraw the request.
Please exclude personal contact details for all staff and names of staff below EL2.

Each Attachment (ie Attachment A through to and including Attachment L) referred to in the decision brief and/or Statement of Reasons for EPBC Referral 2018/8225.

I seek access to the following documents, including ministerial and departmental briefing notes, emails, final and draft reports, memos (not including media releases and media articles) relating to:

• Any assessments of the risks and/or dangers facing the Torres Strait caused by flooding, climate change, global warming and rising sea levels.
• Any measures, including proposals and discussions, to address flooding, climate change, global warming and rising sea levels in the Torres Strait

I seek the above mentioned documents in a time frame between January 1st 2017 and the present date, 25/09/18.

Sonoma Coal Mine Extension - Diversion of Coral Creek, Collinsville, Queensland (EPBC 2011/5800)

Sonoma coal mine – Stage 1 (EPBC 2010/5457)

Drake Coal mine (EPBC 2010/5457)

Jax coal mine

Groundwater monitoring data and any groundwater modelling results, reports, correspondence related to groundwater in the Sonoma coal mine extension (EPBC 2011/5800); Sonoma coal mine Stage 1 (EPBC 2010/5457); and Drake coal mine (EPBC 2010/5457). Exclude what is publicly available such as the EIS and posted EPBC referral information, and reports posted on the QCoal website and accessible by the public.

Compliance investigation (done July 2018) and report back .to the DOE minister on the biodiversity offset to compensate for the loss of riparian vegetation along Coral Creek for the Sonoma coal mine expansion (EPBC 2011/5800). Exclude what may be publicly available as described in section 1 above.

Any documents (including emails, attachments, reports, memos, briefings etc.) that the department holds, relating to two technical reports by Reefcare International (RCINT) called “Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci; COTS) controls on the Great Barrier Reef. An assessment of the efficacy of the GBRMPA/AMPTO COTS Controls 2013-15”. This report is in two parts, one dated 2015 and the other dated 2016. It was authored by Dr Udo Engelhardt, and commissioned by the Association of Marine Park Tourism Operators. I exclude from my request the actual reports themselves. And I limit this request to documents created since January 2015.