Disclosure log

The pre-feasibility report prepared by ACIL Allen/GHD assessing the viability of the West-East gas transmission pipeline. (~March 2018)

Access to the following documentation, to the extent that they contain information regarding the methodology utilised for the assessment of the impacts and EIS Offsets for the Warragamba Dam Raising:
[Item 1] Minutes of meetings between the Department and NSW Government agencies (and its contractors)
[item 2] Correspondence between the Department and the Minister

[Item 1] The decision brief (including any attachments to that brief) for the approval on EPBC 2009/5017, signed on 11 April 2014.

[Item 2] The decision brief (including any attachments to that brief) for the subsequent variation to that approval, signed on 10 April 2015.

[Item 1] Briefs produced between 1 April 2018 and the date of this letter that have been prepared by, sent from, or received by the Minister and staff within the Department of the Environment, and the Threatened Species Scientific Committee, in relation to the 2018 Preliminary Priority Assessment List and the Finalised Priority Assessment List.

[Item 2] The Minutes of the Threatened Species Scientific Committee meeting(s) held to determine the 2018 Preliminary Priority Assessment List, including but not limited to associated appendices, annexures, supplementary attachments or tables.

[Item 3] The 2018 Preliminary Priority Assessment List.

•  Drafts of Hunter subregion bioregional assessment Chapter 3-4 “Impact and risk analysis for the Hunter subregion,” since January 2018;
•  Internal emails and meeting notes concerning preliminary or final drafts of Hunter subregion bioregional assessment Chapter 3-4 “Impact and risk analysis for the Hunter subregion,” since January 2018.

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to any emails, briefing documents, and other communication documents prepared by the department regarding assessing the $443 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef foundation as announced in April this year.

I request access to all correspondence dated 20 August to 10 October 2018 in relation to Australia’s current and projected greenhouse gas emissions between the Department of the Environment and Energy and the office of the Minister for Environment.

Specifically, correspondence includes emails, briefings and minutes between the Department and the Ministers’ office.

I request access to all correspondence dated 20 August to 10 October 2018 in relation to the release of ‘the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change special report on global warming of 1.5 degrees’ between the Department of the Environment and Energy and the office of the Minister for Environment.

Specifically, correspondence includes emails, briefings and minutes between the Department and the Ministers’ office.

1. In relation to the areas of land over which Whitehaven Coal Limited and/or Aston Coal 2 Pty Ltd (the Proponent) has secured legally binding covenants for the purpose of fulfilling the offset requirements under Conditions 9-13 of the Approval given under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) for the Maules Creek Coal Mine Project (EPBC 2010/5566) (the Offset Requirements):

• a copy of the latest iteration of any maps held by the Commonwealth Department of the Environment that identify the ‘offset areas’ (as defined in EPBC 2010/5566) that have been secured; and, either
• a copy of any other information that forms part of or is attached to an agreement between the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and/or NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, and the Proponent, that has been entered into for the purpose of fulfilling the Offset Requirements, that indicates the location and/or dimension of the ‘offset areas’ (as defined in EPBC 2010/5566); or
• all written correspondence (being emails or letters) that was created between 7 February 2018 and 10 October 2018 that indicates the location and/or dimensions and/or boundaries and/or areas of the ‘offset areas’ that have been secured (as defined in EPBC 2010/5566).

Note: This request (i.e the request at paragraph 1) is restricted to documents dated and/or created between 7 February 2018 and 10 October 2018.

Or

2. In the event that Whitehaven Coal Limited and/or Aston Coal 2 Pty Ltd (the Proponent) has not yet secured legally binding covenants over some or all of the ‘offset areas’ required for the purpose of fulfilling the offset requirements under Conditions 9-13 of the Approval given under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) for the Maules Creek Coal Mine Project (EPBC 2010/5566) :

• a copy of the latest iteration of any maps held by the Commonwealth Department of the Environment that identify the areas of land over which the Proponent intends and/or proposes to register legally binding covenants pursuant to Conditions 9-13 of the abovementioned Approval; and
• All written correspondence (being emails or letters) that was created between 7 February 2018 and [the date of the FOI Application] that indicates the location and/or dimensions and/or boundaries and/or areas of the proposed ‘offset areas’ (as defined in EPBC 2010/5566) being the land over which the Proponent intends and/or proposes to register legally binding covenants pursuant to Conditions 9-13 of the abovementioned Approval

Note: This request (i.e the request at paragraph 2) is restricted to documents dated and/or created between 7 February 2018 and 10 October 2018

I seek any advice provided to the Government in the past three years on the names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the Territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands.

The request includes any recommendations or advice provided from July 1, 2015 until reciept of this email

I also seek a list of the members of the Australian Antarctic Division Place Names Committee during that period including time served.