Environment portfolio

Supplementary Budget Estimates 201516 (October 2015)

Environment portfolio

Tabled documents - Monday, 19 October 2015

Tabled by: Topic View
1. Tabled by Dr Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment Response to question on transferring water grants (PDF 726KB)
2. Tabled by Ms Rachel Parry, Assistant Secretary Reef, Department of the Environment Crown-of-thorns Starfish funding from Programme 1.1 2012–13 to 2017–18 (PDF 955KB)
3. Tabled by Dr Diana Wright, First Assistant Secretary Science, Department of the Environment State of the Environment Report author biographies (PDF 4203KB)
4. Tabled by Dr Gordon de Brouwer, Secretary, Department of the Environment Statement regarding the Carmichael Mine (PDF 2890KB)

Additional information

Correspondence from Ms Mary Wiley-Smith, First Assistant Secretary, Corporate Strategies Division, Department of the Environment, correcting evidence given to the committee on Monday, 19 October 2015.  (PDF 547KB)

Index to Questions on Notice

Answers to Questions on Notice

The committee has set two dates for the return of answers to questions on notice. The committee agreed to place 77 questions
on notice with answers due on 4 November 2015. The remaining questions on notice are due to the committee by 4 December 2015. 

QoN No. Program: Division or Agency Senator Broad Topic View Due Date Date Received
1 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – EPBC offsets (PDF 56KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
2 1.1 BCD Urquhart National Reserve System Aichi Targets (PDF 53KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
3 1.1 BCD Urquhart National Reserve System Reserve Partners (PDF 61KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
4 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner   04/11/2015
5 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner (PDF 52KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
6 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
7 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner   04/11/2015  
8 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
9 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
10 1.1 BCD Urquhart Threatened Species Commissioner (PDF 62KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
11 1.1 BCD Urquhart Green Army – people enrolled (PDF 51KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
12 1.1 BCD Urquhart Green Army – training (PDF 13KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
13 1.1 BCD Urquhart Green Army – attrition rate   04/11/2015  
14 1.1 BCD Urquhart Green Army – participants breakdown (PDF 183KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
15 1.1 BCD Urquhart Green Army (PDF 61KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
16 1.1 BCD Urquhart Green Army (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
17 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – staff tasked to frame any offsets (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
18 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – governance arrangements (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
19 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – investment strategy (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
20 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – Reef Trust budget allocation (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
21 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – Reef Trust Investment Strategy
– philanthropic donations
  04/11/2015
22 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD National Landcare Programme Open Grant Rounds under the NLP (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
23 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – National Landcare Programs focus on local and on-ground action (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
24 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Australian Biodiversity Strategy (PDF 66KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
25 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Reef Trust Budget and Funding (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
26 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Reef Trust projects with inputted funds   04/11/2015  
27 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Projects required to move funds into Reef Trust   04/11/2015  
28 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Non Government Funds Deposited into the Reef Trust Special Account (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
29 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Expenditure of funds as offsets through the special account (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
30 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Spending of Reef Trust Funds (PDF 95KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
31 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Acceptance of Funds from Environmental Approval Holders (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
32 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Reef Trust Stakeholders (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
33 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – funding (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
34 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Transparency of Donations (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
35 1.1 BCD Urquhart BCD – Offsets in the Marine Environment (PDF 13KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
36 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – Reef Trust Scientific Committee   04/11/2015  
37 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – offsets calculator (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
38 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – investment strategies (PDF 62KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
39 1.1 BCD Urquhart Reef Trust – Frequently Asked Questions (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
40 1.1 BCD Urquhart Crown-of-thorns-starfish (PDF 84KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
41 1.4 WHM Urquhart Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Draft Management Plan (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
42 1.4 WHM Urquhart Christmas Island Biodiversity Plan (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
43 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species   04/11/2015  
44 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species   04/11/2015  
45 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 126KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
46 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 96KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
47 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 72KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
48 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
49 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species   04/11/2015  
50 1.4 WHM Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 63KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
51 1.5 ESD Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 13KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
52 1.5 ESD Urquhart Threatened Species (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
53 1.5 WHM Urquhart Permits to import and possess live imports (PDF 77KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
54 1.6 ESD Urquhart Hazardous Waste Technical Group (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
55 1.6 ESD Urquhart Hazardous Waste Evidentiary Certificates (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
56 1.6 ESD Urquhart E-Waste (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
57 1.6 ESD Urquhart Synethic vs Natural Refrigerants (PDF 68KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
58 1.6 Science Urquhart State of the Environment Report Surrogate (PDF 12KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
59 1.6 Science Urquhart State of the Environment Report (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
60 1.6 Science Urquhart State of the Environment Report (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
61 4.1 Science Urquhart Independent Expert Scientific Committee Projects (PDF 61KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
62 4.1 Science Urquhart Independent Expert Scientific Committee Groups / Stakeholder consultation (PDF 11KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
63 4.1 Science Urquhart Independent Expert Scientific Committee concerns (PDF 24KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
64 4.1 Science Urquhart Independent Expert Scientific Committee CSG opposition (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
65 4.1 Science Urquhart Independent Expert Scientific Committee CSG Comprehensive Scientific Baselines (PDF 14KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
66 CCA Urquhart Release date of November Report regarding ETS (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
67 CCA Urquhart Kyoto commitments (PDF 10KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
68 CCA Urquhart Reputex Project discrepancy (PDF 61KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
69 2.1 CCERD Urquhart Climate Change Authority Appointments (PDF 63KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
70 2.1 CCERD Urquhart Climate Change Authority Appointee Priorities (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
71 2.1 CCERD Urquhart Climate Change Authority Appointees effect on current direction (PDF 73KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
72 CER Urquhart CER Impact to Regulator from the creation of new mega office   04/11/2015  
73 2.1 CCERD Urquhart ERF Emissions Reduction Targets Baseline years   04/11/2015  
74 CER Urquhart ERF Emissions for the years 2000 and 2005 (PDF 60KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
75 GBRMPA Urquhart Great Barrier Reef diversity trends (PDF 803KB) 04/11/2015 11/11/2015
76 GBRMPA Urquhart Impact of Godzilla El Nino on the Great Barrier Reef   04/11/2015  
77 GBRMPA Urquhart Study on Coral Bleaching   04/11/2015  

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