
The FOI Disclosure Log lists information which has been released in response to FOI requests received since 1 May 2011. The Disclosure Log will be updated within 10 working days after access has been given to the applicant.
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- Information exempt from release under FOI; and
- Information about an individual or business released in response to an FOI request from that individual or business.
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FOI Disclosure Log
FOI Request | Date released to applicant | Summary of FOI request | Description of information released | Link to released information | Comments |
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FOI30/113 | 25 September 2023 | Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently used for the Bureau of Meteorology (as of August/September 2023) |
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FOI30-109 | 11 September 2023 | May 2023 Senate Estimates brief and submission or briefing by BoM to Minister since 1 January 2023 relating to climate change and weather related events |
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FOI30/108 | 25 August 2023 | Specific current technical specifications for the Sellicks Hill radar facility in South Australia |
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FOI30/107 | 7 August 2023 | Specific request for tender related documents for Internal audit services between 1 October 2022 - 1 July 2023. |
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FOI30/102 | 4 July 2023 | 40 Brisbane Airport observations field books between April 2016 - July 2019. |
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FOI30/100 | 22 May 2023 | Documents relating to decision to decommission weather.bom.gov.au website. |
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FOI30/082 | 18 May 2023 | Document regarding leadership coaching by Karibu Education International Pty Ltd, under contract CN ID: CN 384723. |
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FOI30/095 | 11 May 2023 | Communication and senate estimates documents relating to climate change. |
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FOI30/098 | 26 May 2023 | AFDRS Cloud release documents. |
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FOI30/6155 | 6 April 2023 | Information regarding the daily maximum and minimum temperature parallel observations for Brisbane Airport between 1 August 2019 to 31 July 2022 (inclusive). |
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FOI30/076 | 21 March 2023 | Communications between October 2021 to June 2022 regarding Project Scope Decisions, Project Prioritisation Decisions, Project Rescheduling Decisions, and Project Resourcing within the Graphical Forecast Editor (GFE) Project. |
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FOI30/074 | 24 February 2023 | Communications (including with Teams) between October 2021 to June 2022 regarding Project Scope Decisions, Project Prioritisation Decisions, Project Rescheduling Decisions, and Project Resourcing within Australian Fire Danger Rating Scale (AFDRS) Project. |
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FOI30/087 | 9 January 2023 | Archive materials file covers and request form |
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FOI30/085 | 20 December 2022 | Decommissioned web content on the Bureau website relating to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
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FOI30/061 | 27 September 2022 | Emails relating to the AFDRS and Internal RAG status 31 May 2022 |
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FOI30/053 | 21 September 2022 | Australian Fire Danger Rating Scale Architecture Design and Approval Documents (AFDRS) Options Packs presented to Public Services Transformation Executives |
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FOI030/052 | 19/08/2022 | Australian Fire Danger Rating Scale Architecture Design and Approval Documents |
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FOI30/043 | 15/07/2022 | Documents provided to SES relating to Lismore flood, 21 Feb to 5 March 2022. |
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FOI30/044 | 09/06/2022 | Correspondence regarding approved talking points in relation to the Lismore flooding event 20 Feb – 5 March 2022. |
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FOI30/035 | 19/10/2021 | Request for documents relating to the criteria applied by the Bureau to determine a conflict of interest existed. |
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FOI30/036 | 23/09/2021 | Request for documents relating to the Bureau's participation in an ACON Pride in Diversity program. |
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FOI30/025 | 04/06/2021 | Request for emails relating to Hervey Range and Mount Stapylton radar outages during defined periods from 2019. |
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FOI30/023 | 06/05/2021 | Request for documents relating to a storm that occurred at the Caloundra Aerodrome on 16 January 2021 |
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FOI30/018 | 3 December 2020 | Documents relating to the award of a contract to Macquarie Telecom. |
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FOI30/011 | 18 November 2020 | Documents relating to the June 2016 floods in Tasmania. |
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FOI30/013 | 12 November 2020 | Emails to or from the Bureau’s Climate Monitoring & Prediction Manager, with Bureau Media and Executives regarding the production and approval of Special Climate Statements in December 2019. |
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FOI30/012 | 12 October 2020 | Emails to or from the Bureau's Video team with the Long-range Forecasts unit, the Media team and Bureau Executives regarding the production of the video titled 'Bushfire and exceptional heat: what's driving our weather right now'. |
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FOI30/003 | 29 September 2020 | The strategic cost review undertaken by KPMG for the Bureau of Meteorology |
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FOI30/002 | 28 July 2020 | Bureau of Meteorology Reports/Information for the region of Parkdale,Victoria 3195 on Tuesday 12 November 2019, particularly regarding wind reports. |
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FOI30/6153 | 24 March 2020 | Documents mentioning 'climate change' (dated on specific dates during November 2017) |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties from documents. Exempt material removed from the documents under s 47, s 47E and s 47F. |
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FOI30/6160 | 16 March 2020 | Andrew Johnson's travel expenses for 2019. |
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The document includes an explanatory note. |
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FOI30/6158 | 10 March 2020 | Emails 1 August to 1 September 2017 mentioning 'Marohasy', 'Institute of Public Affairs' or 'IPA'. |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties from documents. Exempt material removed from the documents under s 47C and s 47E. |
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FOI30/6148 | 14 April 2020 | Documents to/from Bureau Media Unit between 1 July and 1 October 2017 that mention : Thredbo, Goulburn, AWS or Automatic Weather Station. |
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FOI30/6150 | 19 March 2020 | Correspondence with Mr Bruce Hartley dated 1 July-1 October 2017 mentioning 'Automatic Weather Station' or 'AWS'. |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties from documents. Exempt material removed from the documents under s 47E and s 47F. |
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FOI30/6147 | 20 February 2020 | Emails from General Manager Data and General Manager Observing Systems & Operations of the Bureau dated 1 July to 1 August 2017, mentioning 'Marohasy', 'Institute of Public Affairs' or 'IPA'. |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties from documents. Exempt material removed from the documents under s 47, s 47E(d), s 47F. |
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FOI30/6149 | 6 February 2020 | Documents dated 31 Aug to 14 Sept 2017 mentioning 'AWS' or 'Automatic Weather Stations' |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove from the documents: duplicate content; and names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties. Exempt material removed from the documents under s 47C, s 47E(c), s 47F, s47G. |
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FOI30/6142 | 14 January 2020 | Emails from General Managers of the Bureau's National Forecast Service Group dated 1 July to 1 October 2017, mentioning 'Jennifer Marohasy', 'Institute of Public Affairs' or 'IPA'. |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties from documents. Exempt material removed from the documents under s 47C, s 47E(c), s 47F. |
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FOI30/6154 | 18 December 2019 | Briefings to Treasury on climate change |
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Names of non-senior staff removed from the document with consent of the applicant. |
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FOI30/6146 | 12 December 2019 | Drought Communities Program correspondence |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of Bureau staff below General Manager level and third parties from documents. Exempt material removed from the documents. 47E(d) |
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FOI30/6145 | 14 November 2019 | Drought data and associated emails |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove duplicate content and the names and contact details of staff and third parties from documents. |
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FOI30/6101 | 8 November 2018 | Social Media Policy |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the following information from the documents: the names and direct contact details of non-SES staff and third parties; direct contact details of operational areas of the Bureau; and duplicate content. |
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FOI30/6069 | 23 August 2018 | WMA Water report |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the following information from the documents: the names and direct contact details of non-SES staff and third parties; direct contact details of operational areas of the Bureau; and duplicate content. |
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FOI30/6066 | 23 July 2018 | Documents about forecasting during Tasmanian Floods 2016 (No 2) |
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Information redacted with consent of the applicant. |
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FOI30/6065 | 23 July 2018 | Documents about forecasting during Wye River Fires 2016 (No 2) |
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Information redacted with consent of the applicant. |
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FOI30/6053 | 20 August 2018 | Temperature Measurement Method |
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Material removed with applicants prior consent. |
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FOI30/6071 | 1 August 2018 | Goulburn Temperature 7 July 2017 |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s47F) and s47E(d) |
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FOI30/6048 | 18 July 2018 | Mt Stapylton radar |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the following information from the documents:
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FOI30/6054 | 10 May 2018 | Computer Misuse |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s47F). Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names and direct contact details of non-SES staff from the documents. |
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FOI30/6037 | 08 March 2018 | Hospitality Declarations |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s47F). Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names of non-SES staff from the document. |
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FOI30/6021 | 28 November 2017 | Senior Executive Staff (SES) Salaries |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to to de-identify staff names. |
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FOI30/5958 | 22 March 2017 | Cost-Benefit Analysis of Mobile Weather smart-phone application |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s47G). Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names and contact details of staff and third parties from documents. |
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30/5954 | 23 Nov 2016 | Incoming Government Brief |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s47C) and s47E(d). |
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30/5941 | 20 May 2016 | Esperance Bushfires 2015 |
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Names, contact details and other personal information removed with the consent of the applicant. |
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30/5938 | 15 May 2016 | Coogee WA Wind Gusts August 2013 |
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Names, contact details and other personal information removed with the consent of the applicant. |
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30/5879 | 11 April 2016 | APS Business Case |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s34(3), s47C). Consent of the applicant obtained to remove names and contact details and internal filepaths from the document. |
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30/5900 | 9 April 2016 | Supercomputer Project Management Plan |
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Exempt material removed from the document (s34(3), s47E(d)). Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the contact details of staff and third parties and internal filepaths from the document. |
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30/5933 | 7 April 2016 | ICT Transformation Strategy |
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30/5899 | 7 April 2016 | Financial summary of all costs from funds allocated from the Munro review |
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30/5906 | 24 March 2016 | Table summary of the number of staff originally funded in the extreme weather centre and the actual number currently employed |
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Document prepared from a database extract. Document includes an explanatory note. | |
30/5907 | 23 March 2016 | A table summary of the number of staff sponsored by the Bureau of Meteorology for a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names of staff. | |
30/5901 | 9 February 2016 | Internal emails between Bureau staff in 2015 mentioning specific weather presenters |
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Exempt material removed from the documents under s47F. Irrelevant material removed under s22. Consent of applicant obtained to remove the names and contact details of Bureau staff and third parties (other than specified weather presenters) from the documents. | |
30/5878 | 11 January 2016 | Supercomputer Business Case Documents |
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Exempt material removed from the documents (s33(b); s47C; s47E(b)); consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names and contact details of staff and third parties from documents. | |
30/5881 | 23 December 2015 | Approved Asset Program Board Investment Proposals Summary |
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30/5887 | 25 November 2015 | File 45/32 Part 2, Observations General WA (inc UFO) |
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Consent of the applicant obtained to remove from documents information such as the names and contact details of staff and third parties. |
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30/5872 | 15 June 2015 | Information Systems and Services Division Client Relationship Management Flowchart |
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30/5858 | 3 March 2015 | Applications to IT Jobs |
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The information contained in this document has been prepared from a database extract. |
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30/5825 | 19 November 2014 | Forecasting Performance & Accuracy WA/Vic 1 March to 11 August 2014 |
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Irrelevant information removed from 4 documents (s.22); Exempt material removed from 1 document (s47E(d));
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30/5811 | 1 October 2014 | Forecasting performance and accuracy in Qld/NSW/SA 1 February to 18 June 2014 |
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Irrelevant information removed from 23 documents (s.22); consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names and contact details of staff and third parties from documents. |
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30/5806 | 22 September 2014 | Advice on climate change since 7 September 2013 |
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Irrelevant information removed from 13 documents (s.22); consent of the applicant obtained to remove the names of non-SES staff and direct contact details |
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30/5787 |
06 August 2014 |
Melbourne Hailstorm 06 March 2010 |
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Irrelevant information removed from 8 documents (s.22) Consent of applicant obtained to remove names, contact details and other personal information about Bureau staff, and third parties. |
30/5718 | 28 October 2013 | Frontline forecasting capability |
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Irrelevant information removed from Documents 1, 8,9 & 10 (s.22) Consent of applicant obtained to remove names, contact details and other personal information about Bureau staff, and direct contact details and signature of Parliamentary Secretary. |
30/5710 | 19 July 2013 | Targeted cyber intrusion attempts over the past 5 years. |
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Names, contact details and other personal information about Bureau staff and third parties removed with consent of applicant. Note Documents 3, 3A, 8, 9 and 23 were released to the applicant on 20 August 2013 following expiration of third party review rights. |
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30/5690 | 02 July 2013 | Forecasting performance and accuracy in QLD, NSW and Victoria from November 2012 to January 2013 |
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Names, contact details and other personal information about Bureau staff and third parties removed with consent of applicant. Some released documents are drafts which may be incomplete and unreviewed, and could contain factual, analytical or typographical errors. Where such errors have been noticed, the documents have been annotated with the correct information. |
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30/5691 | 24 June 2013 | Advice of impact of any funding changes for Bureau activities in NSW/VIC/WA/SA in terms of staffing or resourcing cuts. |
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FOI 30-5691 | Names, contact details and other personal information about Bureau staff and third parties removed with consent of applicant. |
30/5693 | 23 May 2013 |
Request excludes:
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FOI 30-5693 | - |
30/5676 | 07 Feb 2013 |
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Direct contact details of staff and other parties removed with consent of applicant. | |
30/5684 | 31 Jan 2013 | Briefings to Queensland State Disaster Management Group and Premier and Cabinet on 4 and 5 January 2011 | 2 documents released in full | To the extent that copyright in some of this material is owned by a third party (APEC Climate Centre), you may need to seek their permission before you can reuse that material. | |
30/5666 | 29 Jan 2013 | Use and future of Research Radar at Redbank Plains Queensland | 14 Documents released in full; 4 documents released in part | Direct contact details of staff and other parties removed with consent of applicant. | |
30/5670 | 27 Nov 2012 | Correspondence with ComSuper regarding value of rent-free housing being counted towards superannuation salaries | 2 documents released in full, 8 documents released in part. | FOI 30-5670 | - |
30/5636 | 25 Sep 2012 | Information about any shortfalls or failures in radar repairs and / or maintenance over past 2 years | 5 documents released in part | FOI 30-5636 | - |
30/5645 | 20 Sep 2012 | Performance against standard for severe thunderstorm warnings Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia over past three years | 1 document released in full and 24 documents released in part | FOI 30-5645 | - |
30/5638 | 06 Sep 2012 | Performance against standard for severe thunderstorm warnings for NSW for past three years. | 14 documents released in part | FOI 30-5638 | - |
30/5548 | 21 May 2012 | Information about officially supported web browsers, blocked media platforms, social media policy and social media channels | 3 documents released in part | FOI 30-5548 | - |
30/5580 | 11 May 2012 | Intellectual Property (IP) policy referring to individual Bureau employees acquiring personal IP | 1 document released in part | FOI 30-5580 | - |
30/5555 | 11 May 2012 | Documents relating to the Hot Cities 2010 research | 8 documents released in full | FOI 30-5555 | - |
30/5568 | 10 May 2012 | Request for copies of two papers written in or about 1991 on Heat islands and Global warming | 2 documents released in full | FOI 30-5568 | - |
30/5502 | 26 Apr 2012 | Weather Data requested by AMSA Search and Rescue 01 Jun to 25 Nov 2011. | Information as requested | AMSA Data 2 | - |
30/5531 | 16 Apr 2012 | Changes to policies/procedures re issuing of thunderstorm warnings in Queensland. | 2 documents released with partial exemptions. | Qld Thunderstorm | - |
30/5519 | 20 Feb 2012 | Information about options for the achievement of the 2.5% efficiency dividend, including information on job losses, changes to services, facilities and functions. | 9 documents released - 2 in full and 7 with partial exemptions. | Efficiency Dividend | - |
30/5509 | 10 Feb 2012 | Warnings and river height information for Slacks Creek, Scrubby Creek and Logan River. | Information as requested. | Slacks Creek Flooding | - |
30/5343 | 25 July 2011 | Data and correspondence about the ACT State of the Environment Report 2007 in relation to Canberra Airport | Correspondence regarding the form of a proposed paragraph that would be linked to the online version of the ACT State of the Environment 2007 Report. | ACTSOTE2007.pdf | - |
30/5346 | 8 July 2011 | Weather data requested by AMSA search and rescue centre between 1/01/2011 and 31/05/2011 | Search and rescue products requested by AMSA during 01/01/2011 and 31/05/2011 | AMSA Data | - |
30/5310 | 6 May 2011 | Peer Review of National Institute of Water & Atmosphere Research Ltd (NIWA) "Seven Stations" Temperature Data Series. | Letter from Bureau to NIWA dated 14 December 2010 | NIWA Letter | - |