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The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism provides advice and policy support to the Australian Government regarding Australia's resources, energy and tourism sectors. The Department develops and delivers policies to increase Australia's international competitiveness, consistent with the principles of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
FOI disclosure log

FOI Disclosure Log logoAbout the disclosure log

The FOI disclosure log is a log containing most of the material released under the Act in response to individual requests for information received by the Department under that Act. The log is a feature of the Information Publication Scheme and is the requirement under section 11C of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the Act).

The Department publishes material on the disclosure log whenever material is released under the Act, effective 1 May 2011. The Act states that the Department must publish information that has been released in response to each FOI access request (excluding applications regarding personal information or third party business affairs) within 10 working days. It is the policy of the Department that it will publish information on the disclosure log on the same day that it will release documents to a freedom of information applicant.

There may be documents in the disclosure log that are currently not available in HTML format. If you are unable to read the format provided, contact the Department at RET-foi@ret.gov.au or by telephone on (02) 6243 7380 or (02) 6243 6736 for an alternative accessible format. We will try to meet all reasonable requests for an alternative format of the document in a timely manner.

Information attached to, or referred to, in the Department's disclosure log will generally be removed after 12 months, unless the information has enduring public value.

The information described in the disclosure log table below has been released by the Department under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 and is available for public access.

FOI reference numberDate of accessFOI requestInformation published in the disclosure logOther information
LEX3363 13 May 2013
  • The Expression of Interest submitted by Environment Victoria (EV);
  • The application and related documentation submitted by EV;
  • The Department's assessments of EV's submissions; and
  • The Department's recommendation to the Minister regarding EV's application.

Document 27 is released with redactions made pursuant to s22 of the FOI Act.

Documents 1 and 16 have been released with redactions made pursuant to s47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 1 – 4, 7 - 9, 11 – 16, 18 – 21, 25 – 28 are released with redactions made under s47F of the FOI Act.

Document 24 is released with redactions made pursuant to s47E (d) of the FOI Act.

LEX4899 18 April 2013

All correspondence between the office of the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency and the Department which discusses:

  1. changes to the merit assessment process from that published in the program guidelines
  2. minutes of meetings of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC)
  3. records made by each member of the Program Advisory Committee of the assessment of eligible applications against the three published merit criteria, and the decision to destroy these documents.

The briefing provided to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency recommending the 28 applications for approval under Round 1 of the Energy Efficiency Grants Program.

Any briefing to the Minister and/or internal reports relating to an investigation and/or potential investigation into the decision to destroy the records made by each member of the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) of the assessment of eligible applications against the three published merit criteria.

Documents 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 are released in full.

Documents 2, 6 and 8 are released with redactions made pursuant to s22 of the FOI Act.

Document 10 is released with redactions made pursuant to s47F of the FOI Act.

LEX2352 9 April 2013

Documents contained in:

  • RET10/00668: Uranium and Thorium Controlled Ores Policy Review
  • RET10/00669: Uranium and Thorium Controlled Ores Policy Review.

Documents 12, 77, 81 and 103 are released with redactions made pursuant to section 33 of the FOI Act.

Documents 11, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 49, 63, 65, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 84, 90 – 94, 98, 99, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 116, 118, 123, 124 and 130 are released with redactions made pursuant to s47C of the FOI Act.

Document 84 is released with redactions made pursuant to s47E of the FOI Act.

Documents 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 30, 31, 38, 39, 42, 63, 64, 65, 68, 70 - 77, 80 -100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 111, 112, 113, 116, 119, 124, 132, 133 are released with redactions made pursuant to s47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 12, 13, 20, 38, 52, 63 - 65, 68, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 83, 85 - 87, 95 - 97, 113, 119, 124 are released with redactions made pursuant to s47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 127, 135, 136, 137 are exempt from release pursuant to s42 of the FOI Act.

Document 32 is exempt from release pursuant to s45 of the FOI Act.

Document 107 is exempt from release pursuant to s33 of the FOI Act.

Documents 26, 28, 34, 120, 121 and 125 are exempt from release pursuant to s47C of the FOI Act.

Documents 1 – 10, 17, 24, 25, 29, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 66, 67, 78, 79, 101, 105, 110, 114, 115, 117, 122, 128, 129, 131,134 were excluded from the scope of this FOI request.

LEX 323327 Mar 2013Documents and correspondence to and from the department relating to Adani. In this context, 'Adani' refers to any companies in the Indian conglomerate, the Adani Group, their representatives, employees, senior management and officers.LEX3233 [PDF 1 MB]

Document 3 is released in full.

Documents 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are released with redactions made pursuant to s47F.

Document 5 is released with redactions made pursuant to s22.

Documents 1 and 2 are released with redactions made pursuant to s47G.

LEX318118 Mar 2013

1. Proposed amendments to the application of the Fuel Tax Credits Scheme to the mining sector

2. Proposed changes to the application of offshore oil exploration tax deduction

3. Proposed changes to the application of mining exploration tax deductions

4. Proposed changes to the concessional treatment of North West shelf oil development, and

5. Accelerated depreciation of oil and gas assets.

Document 1 is exempt.

Documents 18, 19, 20, 25, 29 are released with redactions made under s 22 of the FOI Act.

Documents 4, 13, 17, 28, 29 and 32 are released with redactions made under s 45 of the FOI Act.

Documents 2 – 9, 11 – 14, 16 – 27, 30 are released with redactions made  under s 47C of the FOI Act.

Documents 2 – 32 are released with redactions made  under s 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 4, 7 10, 12, 13, 17 and 28 are released with redactions made  under s 47G of the FOI Act.>

LEX313522 Nov 2012

1. Policy Statement on the Future of Nuclear Energy

Document 1 is released in full as it is publicly available.

Document 2 is released in full without any redactions.
LEX30716 Nov 2012

1. All documents and communications including letters, briefing notes and e-mails between the Minister for Tourism and the Australian Trade Commission relating to amendments to the Export Market Development Grant 1997 (the EMDG Act), particularly those amendments that relate to the Approved Body provisions within the EMDG Act, EMDG Regulations and Ministerial Guidelines.

2. All documents and communications including letters, briefing notes, and e-mails and all other background information used to draft the contents of speech by the Minister for Tourism to the Tourism and Transport Forum on or about 17 September 2008 as it relates to comments made regarding amendments to the EMDG Act and the ability of approved national, state/territory or regional not-for-profit development bodies to access the EMDG scheme.

3. All documents and communications including letters, briefing notes and e-mails between the Minister for Tourism and the Australian Trade Commission relating to amendments to the EMDG Act and the application of section 46 of the EMDG Act.

4. All documents and communications including letters, briefing notes and e-mails between the Minister of Tourism and any other Federal Member of Parliament or The Senate relating to amendments to EMDG Act that were intended to enable approved national, state/territory or regional not-for-profit development bodies to access the EMDG scheme via the Approved Bodies provisions of the EMDG Act and associated Ministerial Guidelines for such approval.

Documents 1,2,3,4,5 and 8 have been released in full.

Documents 6 has been released with redactions pursuant to s22 of the FOI Act and document 7 has been released with redactions pursuant to s 22 and s 47F of the FOI Act.

LEX 303626 Nov 20121. All documents produced in the last six months showing information about any assessment, analysis, consideration and advice on the impact of the increased departure tax on international tourist numbers'.

Documents 1 and 4 are released in full. 

Documents 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 are released pursuant redactions made under s. 22 and s. 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 12 and 19 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 11, 17, 18 and 20 are released with redactions pursuant to sections 22 of the FOI Act.

LEX 285030 Jul 20121. All correspondence received by the office of the Minister for Resources and Energy from BHP Billiton, since 1 January 2012; and

2. All briefing material provided to the Minister for Resources and Energy that mentions BHP Billiton and relates to Olympic Dam, since 1 January 2012.		 

Documents 1 and 5 are released in full.

Documents 2 and 8 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 of the FOI Act.

Documents 4 and 6 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.

LEX 273123 May 20121. All documents held by the Office of the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism relating to the industry lead cumulative environmental impact assessment of the proposed expansion of the Abbot Point Coal Terminal. The impact assessment is described in the following press release from the Australian Coal Association.

Document 1 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 45 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 2 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 45 and 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 3 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 and 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 4 is released in full

Geoscience Australia13 Apr 20121. Information on the use of web browsers and social media by Australian Government agencies.Document 1 is released in full.
LEX 265816 Feb 2012 2. The amount of funds provided to the Manildra Group under the Ethanol Production Grants over the past five years, broken down on a year by year basis.Released with redactions pursuant to s.47 of the FOI Act.
LEX 262410 Apr 2012

1. Minister Martin Ferguson's letter to Attorney-General Robert McClelland, dated 10 September 2009, concerning issues-motivated activism and the possibility of disruptions to critical energy infrastructure sites, and any related submission or briefing by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism.

2. Briefings, advice and any other documents (including electronic documents) sent to Minister Martin Ferguson or his office between 1 January 2010 and 30 January 2012 by officers of the Energy Security Branch of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, that relate to possible or actual protest activity by issues-motivated activists at or near energy infrastructure facilities (including power generation facilities, gas production facilities, coal loading export facilities and/or related transport infrastructure).

Document1 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47B and 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 2 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 37, 47B, 47C and 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 3 is exempt from release pursuant to s. 7, 47B, 47C and 47G of the FOI Act.

LEX 26055 Mar 2012

1. Copies of unredacted monthly bank statements for the following Commonwealth credit card holders since 1 January 2011 and the repayment documents of any private expenditure that the card holders subsequently reimbursed: 

a. The Secretary of the Department
b. SES Band 1 Officers
c. SES Band 2 Officers 
d. SES Band 3 Officers

2. A report showing the total costs on an activity basis, of credit cards issued to the Departmental officers from 1/07/2010 to 31 December 2011.

Document 1 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 2 is released in full.
LEX 25406 Mar 2012

1.  All documents relating to HRL's efforts to meet conditions imposed in the funding deed and any additional or amended conditions since the Deed was signed.  

2.  All documents relating to any agreements made with HRL or amendments to existing agreements (other than amendments to conditions, which is covered in #1 above).  

3.  Any documents held by DRET relating to any federal disbursements of funds made to HRL under CarbonNet or any other government programme.  

4.  Any documents from DRET to any foreign owned company in relation to HRL.  

5.  Any documents held by DRET relating to the eligibility of HRL for any federal monies under any current or planned federal program.  

6.  Any documents relating to any failure of HRL to meet any requirements, milestones, deadlines, conditions or agreements under the funding deed.  

7. All documents relating to the Project Review Committee, including minutes, roles and responsibilities.  

8.  All documents relating to HRL's efforts to secure private finance in order to meet the conditions of the Deed.

Document 1 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47B, 47C, 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Document 2 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 34, 47C and 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 3 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 22, 33, 47B, 47C   47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 4, 5 and 23 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 and 47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 6, 10 and 30 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22, 47B, 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Document 7 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 22, 47C, 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 8, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21 and 26 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 9, 17, 20, 22 and 25 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22, 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 11 and 12 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act. 

Documents  15 and 19 have been withheld from release pending further consultation with third parties.

Document 24 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Document 27 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 22, 34 and 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 28 is not released as it is exempt pursuant to s. 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 29 is not released as it is exempt pursuant to s. 34 of the FOI Act.

LEX 2522

23 Nov 2011

1. all documents in the possession or control of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET) relating to or otherwise concerned with decisions by the Director-General, Petroleum Division of the Department of Mines and Petroleum for Western Australia (DMP) as delegate of the Designated Authority to:

a. issue directions to Woodside in relation to the Xeres-1 and Xeres-1A Wells in WA-34-L under s 574 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth) (OPGGSA), dated on or about 6 October 2011
b. issue a direction to Woodside in relation to the Kelt-1 Well in WA-404P dated on or about 10 October 2011
c. issue a direction to Woodside in relation to the Noblige-2 Well in WA-404P, dated on or about 14 October 2011, (the "Decisions"), (including, but not limited to, any correspondence with respect to or related to the Decisions involving any combination of persons, such as officers of DRET, officers of the DMP, the Minister for Mines (WA), the Minister for Resources and Energy (Cth) or officers of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority).

2. All reports, surveys or studies by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority, or Geoscience Australia, with respect to or otherwise concerned with:

a. the plugging, suspension or abandonment of wells
b. the care and management of offshore wells by participants in the offshore petroleum industry.

Documents 1-13 released with redactions pursuant to section 47F.

LEX 2488

13 Aug 2012

1. All letters, memoranda and emails (including enclosures and attachments) between Woodside Energy Limited, any Related Body Corporate of Woodside Energy Limited, or any of their employees or directors and any of:

a. the Minister for Mines and Petroleum for the State of Western Australia ('Minister')
b. the Minister's Office
c. the Minister's staff
d. the WA Department of Mines and Petroleum ('Department'),
 
in the period 1 June 2008 to the date of this letter and which contain the words "Browse", "Voelte", "Donaghey", "Grazia" or "Retention Lease".
 
2. All diary entries for and notes of meetings held between 1 June 2008 and the date of this letter which contained the words "Browse", "Voelte", "Donaghey", "Grazia" or "Retention Lease".
 
3. All letters, memoranda and emails containing the words "Browse", "Voelte", "Donaghey", "Grazia" or "Retention Lease" (including enclosures and attachments) between 1 June 2008 and the date of this letter between the Minister, the Minister's Office or the Department and any of the following:
 
a.  the Federal Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism
b. the Federal Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
c. Premier of the State of Western Australia ('Premier') 
d. the Office of the Premier
e. the WA Department of Premier and Cabinet
f. WA Department of State Development.

Documents 1, 2, 8, 11, 21, 22, 25 and 76 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22, 45 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 20, 23, 33, 56, 58, 60, 65, 68, 73, 78, 80 and 81 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 4 is exempt in full pursuant to s. 47 of the FOI Act.

Documents 5, 14, 15, 17, 18, 37, 54, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 66, 70, 71, 72 and 75 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 12 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 45 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 13 and 67 are exempt in full pursuant to s. 22 of the FOI Act.

Documents 16, 24, 36, 77, 74 and 79 are exempt in full pursuant to s. 45 of the FOI Act.

Document 19 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47C and 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 26-32, 34-35 and 38-53 have been published on the Department's Disclosure Log below under the entry 'LEX 1990'.

Documents 55 and 69 are exempt in full pursuant to s. 47C of the FOI Act.

LEX 2487

9 Nov 2011

1. All correspondence between the Minister, the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Global CCS Institute between April 2009 and present.

2. Any formal advice to the Minister by either the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism or the National Low Emissions Coal Council/National Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Council about the Global CCS Institute between April 2009 and present excluding the four briefing documents prepared by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism that are based on publicly available reports published by the Global CCS Institute.

3. The funding deed and work program between the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Global CCS Institute.

4. The Global CCS Financial Report provided to ASIC for the financial period ending 30/6/11 lists expenditure for meeting and travel costs at $3,986,148. Please provide a breakdown of the number of trips this included and the amount spent on flights, accommodation, travel allowance and entertainment expenses.

5. Any submissions, formal requests or advice to the Global CCS Institute board to broaden revenue sources beyond that received from the Australian government.

Documents 6-8, 18, 32, 47, 51, 54 and 55 released in full.

Document 40 released with redactions pursuant to section 22.

Documents 5, 15, 17, 19-20, 28, 57 and 58 released with redactions pursuant to section 33.

Document 28 released with redactions pursuant to section 34.

Documents 17, 28 and 57-58 released with redactions pursuant to section 45.

Document 36 released with redactions pursuant to section 47.

Documents 1, 17, 28 and 40 released with redactions pursuant to section 47C.

Documents 1-5, 9-10, 13-17, 20-21, 23-24, 27-29, 33, 35-39, 40-41, 44-45, 48-50 and 58 released with redactions pursuant to section 47F.

Documents 16, 22, 25-26, 44, 46 and 56-58 released with redactions pursuant to section 47G.

LEX 247720 Feb 20121. All correspondence and formal advice to the minister prepared or received since 1 January 2009 by any representative of …

a. the Independent Assessment Panel
b. the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

… addressing the applications and nominations of Australian Carbon Capture and Storage projects (including the four shortlisted Flagship Projects and those which did not meet the eligibility criteria) and the planned implementation of short-listed Carbon Capture and Storage projects.

2. Formal advice from the National Low Emissions Coal Council for the period since 30 June 2010 about implementation and scheduling of the projects and conditions required before re-commencing significant expenditure on the development of carbon capture and storage plants as referred to in the Prime Minister's media statement "Rebuilding after the floods" on 27/1/11.

3. Formal advice to the minister from the National Low Emissions Coal Council, the Carbon Storage Taskforce and through the CCS Flagships assessment panel to defer significant expenditure on the development of capture plants until CO2 storage sites have been proven to a greater level of certainty.

Documents 6-8, 18, 32, 47, 51, 54 and 55 were released in full.

Documents 5 and 14 were released with redactions pursuant to s 22 of the FOI Act.

Document 17 was released with redactions pursuant to s 34(1)(a) of the FOI Act.

Documents 13, 22 and 26 were released with redactions pursuant to s 34(1)(c) of the FOI Act.

Documents 1, 5, 12, 18 and 19 were released with redactions pursuant to s 34(2) of the FOI Act.

Documents 1, 5, 14, 16, 18 and 19 were released with redactions pursuant to s 34(3) of the FOI Act.

Document 23 was released with redactions pursuant to s 34(1)(c) of the FOI Act.

Document 6 was released with redactions pursuant to s 47(1)(b) of the FOI Act.

Documents 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 21 and 22 were released with redactions pursuant to s 47B(a) of the FOI Act.

Documents 6, 8, 14 and 22 were released with redactions pursuant to s 47B(b) of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 5, 6, 8, 14, 16, 17, 21and 27 were released with redactions pursuant to s 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 15 was released with redactions pursuant to s 47C(c) of the FOI Act.

Documents 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20 and 21 were released with redactions pursuant to s 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15 were released with redactions pursuant to s 47G(1)(a) of the FOI Act.

Documents 4, 23 and 24 were exempt in full  pursuant to s 22 of the FOI Act.

LEX 245219 Dec 2011

1. RET11/00933 ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES—RESEARCH—Response To Trend For Disruption Of Critical Infrastructure By Issues-Motivated Activism.

Document 1 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 37 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 2 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 37, 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

Document 3 is exempt pursuant to s. 47B(b) of the FOI Act.

Documents 4 and 7 are released in full.

Documents 5 and 6 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47G of the FOI Act.
LEX244425 Nov 2011

1. Documents containing economic modelling utilised by the Policy Transition Group in making recommendations on the implementation of the Mineral Resources Rent Tax, outlined in its report released on 21 December 2010.

Documents 1 and 2 are released in full.

Document 3 is released with minor redactions pursuant to s. 47F
LEX 244321 Dec 2011

1.The Minutes of all meetings of the Tourism Forecasting Committee since 1 October 2010.

2. All correspondence, including emails, between members of the Tourism Forecasting Committee and staff at the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and/or the the office of the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, relating to the drafting of the 'Forecast 2011—Issue 2' report.

Documents 1, 2 and 3 are released in full.

Documents 4—23 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.  

LEX 242330 Sep 20111. A financial report showing the total costs on an activity basis of credit cards issued by the Department to departmental staff between 1 June 2010 and 30 September 2011. In your response, please also advise of the total number of departmental credit cards active as at 30 September 2011.Document 1 is released in full.


LEX 237512 Dec 2011

1. All documents held by the Department relating to the question of whether the emissions performance standard, as committed to by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, should or should not be implemented. This need not include public documents. Only documents from 2011 are required.

  • Documents 1, 2, 5, 6 [PDF 804KB], 7, 10-13, 15, 16, 18, 19 [PDF 328KB]—Email correspondence between Departmental officers regarding Cabinet Submission content, various dates
  • Documents 3, 4, 8, 48, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 62 and 64 - Draft Cabinet Submission, various dates
  • Document 56—Draft Cabinet Submission recommendations dated 24 March 2011
  • Documents 9, 49, 52, 54, 58, 63 and 65—Draft Cabinet Submission attachments, various dates
  • Document 14—Ministerial Cabinet Meeting Brief dated 31 March 2011
  • Document 17—Ministerial Cabinet Meeting Brief attachments dated 15 April 2011
  • Documents 20, 21, 23-27, 29, 30, 33 and 34—Pre Exposure Draft Cabinet Submission, various dates
  • Documents 28, 35 and 36—Pre Exposure Draft Cabinet Submission attachments, various dates
  • Documents 22, 31, 32, 37, 38, 41, 47, 50, 59 and 66-84—Draft Regulation Impact Statement
  • Document 39—Exposure Draft Cabinet Submission dated 15 March 2011
  • Documents 40 and 46—Exposure Draft Cabinet Submission attachments, various dates
  • Documents 42–45 and 60—Exposure Draft Cabinet Submission comments

Documents 14 and 17 are exempt pursuant to sub-s 34(1)(c) of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 20, 21, 23-30, 33-36, 39, 40, 46, 48, 49, 51-55, 57, 58 and 61-65 are exempt pursuant to sub-s 34(1)(d) of the FOI Act.

Documents 13, 22, 31, 32, 37, 38, 41, 47, 50, 56, 59 and 66-84 are exempt pursuant to sub-s 34(2) of the FOI Act.

Documents 2, 7, 10 and 11 are exempt pursuant to sub-s 34(3) of the FOI Act.

Documents 1, 5, 16, 18, 42-45 and 60 are exempt pursuant to s. 47C of the FOI Act.

Document 15 is exempt pursuant to sub-s 34(3) of the FOI Act.

Documents 6 and 19 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47C of the FOI Act. In addition, Document 6 contains some redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.

LEX 2370 14 Sep 20111. RET08—MARALINGA—KULI REHABILITATION MATTERS—2008/2009

Documents 1 is released in full.

Documents 2 is released in full.

Documents 3 is released in full.

Documents 4 is released in full.

Document 5 is a duplicate of Document 2, and is therefore not provided to the applicant.

Documents 6 is released in full.

Documents 7 is released in full.

Documents 8 is released in full.

Documents 9 is released in full.

Documents 10 is released in full.

Documents 11 is released in full.

Documents 12 is released in full.

Documents 13 is released in full.

Documents 14 is released in full.

Document 15 is a duplicate of Document 14, and is therefore not provided to the applicant.

Documents 16 is released in full.

Document 17 is withheld from release pursuant to s 27(7) of the FOI Act.

Documents 19 is released in full.

Documents 20 is released in full.

Documents 21 is released in full.

Documents 22 is released in full.

Document 23 is a duplicate of Document 19, and is therefore not provided to the applicant.

Documents 25 is released in full.

Documents 26 is released in full.

Documents 27 is released in full.

Documents 28 is released in full.

Document 29 is released with redactions pursuant to s 47F of the FOI Act,

Document 30 is a duplicate of Document 29, and is therefore not provided to the applicant.

Documents 31 is released in full.

Documents 32 is released in full.

Documents 33 is released in full.

Documents 34 is released in full.

LEX 23515 Sep 2011

1. RET10/ 03655 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS—ADVICE—Ministerial Briefings—Maralinga (British Nuclear Tests Program/ Handback)—2010-2013.

2. RET09/02192 GOVERNMENT RELATIONS—REPRESENTATIONS—MINISTERIAL CORRESPONDENCE—MARALINGA REHABILITATION PROJECT—JUNE 2009-JULY 2010.

3. RET10/ 02154 ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES—EVALUATION—Maralinga Rehabilitation Project—Plutonium Aerosol Resuspension Study (JH Shinn).

Documents 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 are released in full.

Document 4 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47C of the FOI Act.
LEX 23505 Sep 2011

 1. RET10/00686—Energy and mineral resources—advice—geostrategic energy security and international engagement 2009.

2. RET10/ 00874—Energy and mineral resources—advice—geostrategic energy security and international engagement—2009.

RET10/00874 Documents

Document 1 is exempt in full under s 34(1)(c) of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 26, 32 and 33 are exempt in full pursuant to s 34(1)(d) of the FOI Act. 

Documents 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 31 are exempt in full pursuant to s 34(2) of the FOI Act. 

Documents 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 23 and 28 are exempt in full pursuant to s 34(3) of the FOI Act. 

Documents 2, 10, 13, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 29 and 30 are exempt in full pursuant to s 47C of the FOI Act. 

Document 27 is exempt in fullpursuant to s 22 of the FOI Act. 

RET10/00686 Documents

Document 4 is exempt in full under s 34(1)(d) of the FOI Act.

Documents 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 44, 46, 47, 48 and 61 are exempt in full pursuant to s 34(2) of the FOI Act. 

Documents 51, 55, 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77 and 78 are exempt in full pursuant to s 34(3) of the FOI Act. 

Documents 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 31, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 76, 77 and 78  are exempt in full pursuant to s 47C of the FOI Act. 

Document 27 is exempt in fullpursuant to s 22 of the FOI Act.

Documents 54 and 69 are released with redactions pursuant to s 47C of the FOI Act.

LEX 2244

19 Jul 2011

1. All correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Prime Minister regarding the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010.

2. All correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Treasurer regarding the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010.

3. All correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency regarding the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010.

4. All correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Senator Bob Brown regarding the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010.

5. All correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Member for Lyne, Mr Rob Oakeshott MP regarding the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010.

6.All correspondence between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Member for New England, Mr Tony Windsor regarding the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010.

Document 1—Letter from Minister Ferguson to Minister Combet regarding the Coal Councils of Australia Alliance's social impact anaylsis of a carbon price (C10/4226)

Document 2—Letter from Minister Ferguson to the Prime Minister regarding the introduction of a carbon tax on the electricity sector (B10/2091)

Document 3—Letter from the Prime Minister to Minister Ferguson regarding the effect of a carbon price and National Energy Security Assessment (C10/88104).

Document 5—Letter from Minister Combet to Minister Ferguson regarding the carbon tax announcement (C11/1901)

LEX 2303

18 Aug 2011

1. Correspondence since the beginning of 2008 between the Minister or Department and the government of India in relation to the sale of Australian uranium.

2. A representative sample of the submissions to the Minister since the beginning of 2008 to the end of 2010 in relation to the sale of Australian uranium to India.

3. Submissions to the Minister since the beginning of 2011 in relation to the sale of Australian uranium to India.

4. Correspondence since the beginning of 2008 between the Minister and other Australian government departments in relation to the sale of Australian uranium to India.

Documents 1, 2, 5,7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 19 are released with redactions pursuant to s.22 and 47F of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 4, 6, 12 and 18 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 of the FOI Act.

Document 8 is exempt from disclosure pursuant to s. 34 of the FOI Act.

LEX 2214

8 Jul 2011

1. All communications between your Department and the WA Government Department Minerals & Petroleum appertaining to the 32 additional items which were dumped on the petroleum lease designated as WA—19/20/21—L BUFFALO FIELD. These additional items are in addition to those items described on the issued Abandoned Permit and Sea Dumping Permit and consist of 32 pipes.

2. All communications between your department and the WA Government Department Minerals & Petroleum describing those items which were to be Abandoned In Situ on the sea bed from the vessel FPSO BUFFALO VENTURE and from the production field operated by Nexen Petroleum.

3. All communications between your Department, the WA Government Department Minerals & Petroleum and or the Commonwealth Department Sustainability, Environment, Water, Pollution, Communities describing the issue of an Abandonment Permit & a Sea Dumping Permit for any radioactive contaminated material to be abandoned from the vessel FPSO BUFFALO VENTURE (Modec Australia) & the production field operated by Nexen petroleum Australia known as the BUFFALO FIELD as designated as WA—19/20/21—L.

Documents 1 and 2 are released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act.

Document 3 is released in full.


 

LEX 2301

17 Aug 2011

1. Record of meeting between RET officers and Woodside representatves… dated 14 April 2010.

Document 1 is released with redactions pursuant to s. 47, 47F and 47G of the FOI Act.

LEX 224319 Jul 20111. Records of all meetings the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism attended that included the consideration of the carbon tax, since 21 August 2010. The information being sought includes the date of each meeting and who the Minister met with.Released in full: Documents 5 and 6.

Released with redactions pursuant to s. 22 of the FOI Act: Documents 3, 7, 12 and 13.

Released with redactions pursuant to s. 47F of the FOI Act: Documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12 and 13.

Released with redactions pursuant to s. 47G of the FOI Act: Documents1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

LEX 2232 18 Jul 2011

1. Letter from Woodside to Kimberley Land Council entitled Fund Proposal dated 2 April 2009.

2. Record of meeting between RET officers and Woodside representatives dated 20 October 2009.

3. Record of meeting between RET officers and Woodside representatves… dated 14 April 2010.

Document 1 is not released as it is exempt under s.42, s.45, s.47 and 47G of the FOI Act.

 Documents 2 and 3 released with redactions pursuant to s. 45, 47, 47C, 47F or 47G of the FOI Act.

LEX 2218

12 Aug 2011

1. Documents that deal with expenditure on the Department's electricity usage for the 2010-11 financial year.

Documents 1—6: released in full

LEX 201018 Apr 2011

1. Copies of documents, including but not limited to, files, reports, memorandum, speaking points, briefing notes, file notes, diary notes, emails, letters and correspondence or notes of representations between:

a. the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism

or

b. the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Minister for Sustainability, Water, Environment, Population and Communities

or

c. or the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and the Department of Sustainability, Water, Environment, Population and Communities (including the Department in its preceding form)

or

d. the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and third parties

in relation to:

a. the Australian Heritage Council's report on the National Heritage Listing of west Kimberley to the former Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts on 30 June 2010

or

b. the Australian government's decision making process on the National Heritage Listing of west Kimberley

or

c. information in relation to the report on National Heritage Listing of west Kimberley that may have been added as supplementary or subsequent addenda or briefings to the report mention in 1

d. the potential for, or identified, Heritage Values of the Browse Basin common user liquefied natural gas (LNG) precinct.

Documents released with redactions under s.22 of the FOI Act: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 24.

Documents released with redactions under s.47C of the FOI Act: 5, 6 and 9.

Documents released in full: 1, 8, 19, 22, 23 and 25.

LEX 1874

1 Mar 2011

1. From January 1, 2009 to 1 March 2011, copies of all reports and briefing documents created and supplied to the Federal Government on the subject of the feasibility of a nuclear power industry in Australia.

Documents 1, 2, 3 and 6 released with redactions pursuant to s.22 of the FOI Act.

Documents 4 and 5 released in full.

 

 LEX 2136

3 Mar 2011

1. All documents between/07/2010 and the present from ANZ, Commonwealth, National Australia and Westpac Banks to the government in relation to an emissions performance standard.

2. All internal documents in that same period that refer to documents from ANZ, Commonwealth, National Australia and Westpac Banks in relation to an emissions performance standard.

Nb: emissions performance standard refers specifically to the commitment made by Julia Gillard in/07/2010 to implement an emissions performance standard in relation to new coal fired power stations.

Released with redactions pursuant to s.47F of the FOI Act

LEX 2052

28 Apr 2011

1. ACIL Tasman electricity sector analysis, as listed in the Department's Annual Report.

Released with redactions pursuant to s.47 G of the FOI Act.

LEX  1990 12 Apr 2011

1. All documents released to Chevron Australia Pty Ltd concerning 'Browse' and 'Browse Retention Lease' in respect of an FOI application made by it;

2. A schedule of diary entries, and notes of, meetings held which contain the words 'Browse,' 'Voelte', 'Hessian', 'Munro' and 'Browse Retention Lease' and which relate to Retention Leases WA-28-R, WA-29-R, WA-30-R, WA-31-R and WA-32-R.

3. All letters, memoranda and emails containing the words 'Browse', 'Voelte', 'Hessian', 'Munro' and 'Browse Retention Lease'  which relate to Retention Leases WA-28-R, WA-29-R, WA-30-R, WA-31-R and WA-32-R, between the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, the Minister's office and the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, and Woodside Energy Limited; the Commonwealth Attorney-General's office; the Department of the Attorney-General; the Premier of the State of Western Australia; or the Office of the Premier of the State of Western Australia.

Documents 2, 4-8, 18, 32-40, 44, 47, 49-53, 55, 58, 64, and 65 released in full.

Document 48 released with redactions pursuant to s.47F of the FOI Act

Documents 1, 15, 20, 24, 26, 45, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62 and 63 released with redactions pursuant to s.45, s.47B or s.47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 9-14, 16-17, 19, 21-23, 27-31, 41-43, and 46 not released as exempt under s.42, s.45, s.47, s. 47C, or s.47G of the FOI Act.

Documents 3, 25, and 61 not released as they were deemed out of scope of the request.

LEX 1694

Tranche 1:
17 Feb 2011

Tranche 2:
09 Mar 2011

Tranche 3:
24 Mar 2011

1. The following documents from HRL's LETDF application:

a. response to section C1 (Merit Criterion No 1).
b. response to section C3 (Merit Criterion No 3).
c. response to section C6 (Merit Criterion No 6).
d. evidence within the HRL application that the project was financially viable at the time of submitting the application.

2. Assessment Report and any documents from within Government opposing the granting of monies to HRL.

3. A copy of the funding agreement made with HRL.

4. Any document (multiple documents are not needed) describing any disbursements made to HRL, including amounts, purpose and conditions.

5. Any documents relating to any failure of HRL to meet any requirements, milestones, deadlines, conditions or agreements relating to the awarding of monies under the fund.

6. Any requests from HRL for amendment to existing agreements and responses from the Department or other government agencies or departments.

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Please see schedule for a description of each document and the Department's decision in relation to each document.

Agency Plan

As of 1 May 2011, section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 has required all Commonwealth agencies to take positive steps to advise the public how the public can access information in the possession of the agency.

A fundamental part of this process is a requirement that each agency must publish an agency plan (see Related documents) indicating what information is to be published and how it will be published.

The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism has prepared the Agency Plan that is referred to below and for which a link is provided. This plan requires a number of ongoing activities which will ensure that, over time, more and more useful material is made accessible. The plan itself will be reviewed periodically and may be updated.

Related documents

More information

For more information on the FOI disclosure log, please contact the department by:
Email: RET-FOI@ret.gov.au
Phone: (02) 6213 6736 or 6243 7026.

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