DEPARTMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
EPBC Act Part 7-9 decisions published, 3/02/2025 to 9/02/2025
For further information see the referrals list at https://epbcpublicportal.environment.gov.au/all-referrals/
and type the reference number in the Filter by Referral Number box
actions determined as requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Controlling Provisions | Date |
2024/09922 | ZEN ENERGY FUTURE PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Dartmoor Road, Maude / South Australia / Solar River Project |
| 31/01/2025 |
2024/09998 | Cubico Sustainable Investments Australia Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Martins Road Weranga QLD, Surat Developmental Road Weranga QLD, 17945 Surat Developmental Road Weranga QLD, Surat Developmental Road Weranga QLD, 4623 / Queensland / Marmadua Energy Park |
| 31/01/2025 |
2024/10048 | ARGOON WIND FARM PROJECT CO PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Wilson Road and Liddles Lane, Argoon, NSW, 2707 / New South Wales / Argoon Wind Farm |
| 31/01/2025 |
2024/10015 | ACEN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / 254 Rose Valley Road, Bunyan NSW 2630 / New South Wales / Cooma Solar and Battery Project |
| 3/02/2025 |
2024/10059 | Elspeth Moroni / Transport - Land / Midway Point Causeway and Sorell Causeway / Tasmania / Duplication of Midway Point and Sorell Causeways |
(sections 16 & 17B)
| 3/02/2025 |
2024/10039 | CADIA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED / Mining / 1460 Cadia Road ORANGE / New South Wales / Cadia Continued Operations Project |
| 4/02/2025 |
2024/10044 | QUEENSLAND ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / (Start) Section A – Lot 1 on CP890133; (End) Section E – Lot 113 on CTN799 / Queensland / Calvale to Calliope River Transmission Line Reinforcement Project |
(sections 24B & 24C) | 4/02/2025 |
2024/10052 | Neil MacLeod / Commonwealth / 65 Martin Place, Sydney, 2000, NSW, Australia / New South Wales / Reserve Bank Head Office Building Asbestos Remediation and Refurbishment |
| 4/02/2025 |
2024/09874 | Energy Corporation Of New South Wales / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / Bayswater Power Station, Muswellbrook to Eraring Power Station, Eraring / New South Wales / Hunter Transmission Project |
| 5/02/2025 |
2024/10045 | MEDALLION METALS LIMITED / Mining / Intersection of Maydon Rd and Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe Rd, Ravensthorpe, WA, 6346 / Western Australia / Ravensthorpe Gold Project |
| 5/02/2025 |
actions determined as NOT requiring approval (EPBC Act s.75)
Reference | Title | Date |
2024/09997 | Priya Correia / Residential Development / Lot 100 Great Northern Highway, portion of Lot 4 Lage Road and a portion of Lot 900 Lage Road, Bullsbrook, WA, 6084 / Western Australia / Bullsbrook South - Stage 1 Residential Development | 30/01/2025 |
2024/10014
| Colgan Industries Pty Ltd / Commercial Development / Lot 10 (89) Caporn Street, Mariginiup WA, 6078, Australia / Western Australia / Caporn Street Mariginiup Subdivision and Development | 30/01/2025 |
2024/10027 | Warren Twist / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / 14981 Stuart Highway, Birdum NT (Shenandoah Perpetual Pastoral Lease - NT Portion 7026) / Northern Territory / Sturt Plateau Pipeline | 3/02/2025 |
2024/10040 | Department of Finance / Commercial Development / 1001 (Lot 500) Warton Road, Canning Vale WA 6155 / Western Australia / New Youth Detention Facility | 4/02/2025 |
2024/10017 | APH CONTRACTORS PTY LTD / Mining / Lot 333 on Deposited Plan 111125, Nybo Road, Gwindinup, Shire of Capel, south of 290 Nybo Road, Gwindinup / Western Australia / Nybo Road Gravel Quarry | 6/02/2025 |
Assessment Approach (EPBC Act s.87)
Reference | Title | Assessment Approach | Date |
2024/09922 | ZEN ENERGY FUTURE PTY LTD / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Dartmoor Road, Maude / South Australia / Solar River Project | Preliminary Documentation | 31/01/2025 |
2024/09998 | Cubico Sustainable Investments Australia Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Martins Road Weranga QLD, Surat Developmental Road Weranga QLD, 17945 Surat Developmental Road Weranga QLD, Surat Developmental Road Weranga QLD, 4623 / Queensland / Marmadua Energy Park | Public Environment Report | 31/01/2025
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2024/10059 | Elspeth Moroni / Transport - Land / Midway Point Causeway and Sorell Causeway / Tasmania / Duplication of Midway Point and Sorell Causeways | Public Environment Report | 3/02/2025 |
2024/10044 | QUEENSLAND ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED / Energy Generation and Supply (non-renewable) / (Start) Section A – Lot 1 on CP890133; (End) Section E – Lot 113 on CTN799 / Queensland / Calvale to Calliope River Transmission Line Reinforcement Project | Public Environment Report | 4/02/2025 |
2024/10052 | Neil MacLeod / Commonwealth / 65 Martin Place, Sydney, 2000, NSW, Australia / New South Wales / Reserve Bank Head Office Building Asbestos Remediation and Refurbishment | Preliminary Documentation | 4/02/2025 |
2024/10045 | MEDALLION METALS LIMITED / Mining / Intersection of Maydon Rd and Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe Rd, Ravensthorpe, WA, 6346 / Western Australia / Ravensthorpe Gold Project | Preliminary Documentation | 5/02/2025 |
DECISION ON APPROVAL (EPBC Act s.133)
Reference | Title | Approval Decision | Date |
2019/8434 | SHIRE OF JERRAMUNGUP / Transport - Air and Space / Lot 1548 Don Ende Drive, Bremer Bay (Deposited Plan 194377). Reserve 24521 / Western Australia / Proposed cross runway clearing at Bremer Bay Airfield | Approved with conditions | 6/02/2025 |
variation of conditions of approval (EPBC Act s.143)
Reference | Title | Date |
2018/8367 | MAIN ROADS / Transport - Land / Hester Avenue/Wanneroo Road, Nowergup, WA, 6032 / Western Australia / Mitchell Freeway Extension and Wanneroo Road Upgrade, WA | 3/02/2025 |
2018/8287 | MAXWELL VENTURES (MANAGEMENT) PTY LTD / Mining / Thomas Mitchell Drive, Muswellbrook, NSW, 2333 / New South Wales / Maxwell Coal Mine, Hunter Valley, NSW | 3/02/2025 |
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF TIME (EPBC Act s.130(4))
Reference | Title | Extended to | Date |
2021/9058 | Northbank Enterprise Hub Pty Ltd / Commercial Development / Lot 1001 (DP1127780) at Tomago Road, Tomago / New South Wales / Northbank Enterprise Hub | 14/02/2025 | 31/01/2025 |
2023/09471 | Pilbara Minerals Ltd / Mining / Pilgangoora Mine, Western Australia / Western Australia / Lynas Find Project | 26/02/2025 | 31/01/2025 |
2019/8437 | SOUTH32 WORSLEY ALUMINA PTY LTD / Mining / Pinjarra Williams Road, Marradong, WA, 6390 / Western Australia / Worsley Mine Expansion, WA | 20/02/2025 | 3/02/2025 |
2024/09805 | John Fyfe / Transport - Land / Darkwood Road, Darkwood and Kalang Road, Kalang / New South Wales / Joyces, Hobarts, Justins, and Duffys bridges upgrades | 24/02/2025 | 3/02/2025 |
2021/9053 | Marinus Link Pty Ltd / Energy Generation and Supply (renewable) / Near Heybridge in north-west Tasmania to the greater Hazelwood area in Victoria / Victoria / Marinus Link underground and subsea electricity interconnector cable | 13/05/2025 | 4/02/2025 |
Some public notifications on the Internet and in the Gazette relating to the processing of referrals for approval under Chapter 4 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 may occasionally be missed in processing by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water or may not meet timeframes for notification. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has implemented systems and ongoing quality assurance procedures to minimise any risk of missing a notification within the required timeframe. Where a missed notification is identified the practice will be to notify these even though the timeframe for notification has lapsed. This will ensure that the history of notifications for each referral is available to the public. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water regrets any inconvenience that may be caused by a missed notification. Please note that late notifications have not affected subsequent processing of referrals or assessments and they do not affect decisions made.