Disclosure log

The applicant requested copies of documents outlining the number of greyhounds exported overseas including the source region, destination country and loading port from which each greyhound was exported for the year 2019.

In relation to the answers provided to Question 115 from the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, I ask for:

1. Documents prepared between 2017 and 2020 discussing:

• the impending failure of Victoria to establish the Western Grassland Reserves by 2020
• the need, or not, for a remedial plan, or some similar documents, to counter this failure
• the relationship of this failure to the conditions contained in the Melbourne Strategic Assessment program report or the EPBC Act
• reasons why “Not securing the Western Grassland Reserve in its entirety by 2020 will not constitute a contravention of the conditions attached to the Part 10 approvals”, (including any communications between the Department and Victoria, DELWP or other parties in relation to any of these topics during that period and notes of any discussions between the Commonwealth and the Victorian Government “around opportunities to ensure that the environmental outcomes envisaged by the program are met”).

2. Complete copies of any and all risk assessment and treatment plans maintained during the operation of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment Program and any documents, such as communications, that explain, or provide background on, or discuss those plans

3. Documents showing the agreed amendments made to activities and/or processes, as contemplated by the Melbourne Strategic Assessment Program, since the endorsement of the Program.

4. Copies of all reports by members of the Department’s Office of Compliance of observations made of activities in relation to the Western Grassland Reserves, including those in 2016 and 2019.

5. Copies of notes and outcomes of the discussions held in 2015, 2016 and since between the Department and the Victorian Government (DELWP) regarding the development of a compliance strategy for the MSA Program

• documents explaining what compliance issues under the MSA Program that the Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Bill 2019 will address
• drafts of any compliance strategy prepared by DELWP held by the Department
• documents illustrating the position of the Department or DELWP on public involvement in the process of formal consultation, endorsement and finalization of the strategy.

6. Documents showing when the on-ground surveys and quality assured modeling were conducted for the preparation of the attached map of the Western Grassland Reserves, and the reliability of the data for those surveys and modeling to represent the quality of the grasslands at 2019-2020 as in the attached map.

7. Copies of any communications from the Department to Victoria asking for any economic analyses of the Western Grassland Reserves.

Under FOI I ask for all notes, records and documentation with respect to my personal complaint to you, regardless of the media by which it is stored with particular respect to the following;
-The decision process and relevant legislation and policy that was used to determine the length of time (4 months) to not respond

-The decision process and relevant legislation and policy that was used when you chose not to protect my rights with special request on supporting documentation you used that shows how failure to act and not abiding by your oath to serve is permitted by legislation and policy;

-The decision process and relevant legislation and policy that was used to determine that human torture and violation of human rights is acceptable by you failing to act.

-The decision process and relevant legislation and policy that was used to determine that the slaughter of a critically endangered species is acceptable which you allowed.

All documents that were before Greg Manning, Assistant Secretary, Assessments and Post Approvals Branch, for consideration when determining whether to approve the variation of conditions in relation to the South Bates Extension Underground Mine, Warkworth, NSW (EPBC 2016/7816) (Variation), including (without limitation) any proposed decision brief (or similar document) and any attachments to it. We note that the Variation was approved by Mr Manning on 3 December 2019.

• Any site inspection reports (external and internal) and any other briefing material relating to the March 2019 inspection of offsets relating to EPBC 2009/5252
• Any internal emails that detail the findings of the inspection or observations made during the inspection

The applicant requested copies of correspondence about the Middle East Sheep Exports Policy Options Discussion Paper and a copy of the paper.

Can I please make an FOI request for the following in relation to Cameco’s Yeelirrie mine approval (2009/4906):

• Record of the meeting in June 2018 with Minister Price, Cameco and the Department (including handwritten notes)
• Record of the meeting with Greg Manning on 24 September 2018, 11 am, with the MO (including handwritten notes)
• Record of the meeting with Minister Price and her office on 11 October 2018, involving Greg Manning and others
• Record of the phone conversation between Greg Manning and the MO on 18 December 2018 (including handwritten notes)
• Record of the conversation between Greg Manning and James Tregurtha on 5 April 2019 as part of clearing the Yeelirrie decision package (including handwritten notes
• Record of the conversation between Greg Manning and Simon Williamson on 17 April 2019 (including handwritten notes)
• Correspondence (internal or external) about the timing of making the final decision public between 1 March 2019 and 30 April 2019.

1. A list of companies, organisations and individuals which have received a copy of the ‘Expert Panel Examining Opportunities for Further Abatement’ discussion paper of October 2019, as sent by the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction.

2. A copy of letters or emails sent by the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, to which the ‘Expert Panel Examining Opportunities for Further Abatement’ discussion paper was attached, and sent to the following organisations (or their representatives):

• The Minerals Council of Australia
• The Clean Energy Council
• The Carbon Market Institute

3. A copy of any ‘terms of reference’, or equivalent document, provided to Mr Grant King, in his capacity as a member of the ‘Expert Panel Examining Opportunities for Further Abatement’ by the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction.

The applicant requested copies of reports by ABARES on live export and the economic impact of the live export trade.

Full access was granted to 10 documents and access was refused to 3 documents with deletions under s 34(1)(d) and s 47C.

To request access to the material contact the FOI Officer.

1. All documents and correspondence including emails between the Energy Minister and his staff in relation to the Sydney of City Council's annual report 2017118- excluding any news clippings or alerts relating to this matter between the 24th of June and the 29th of September 2019
2. Any metadata showing when the report was downloadedfrom the council's website and any subsequent versions of the document between the 24th of June and the 29th of September 2019