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Environment Information Australia Act 2025
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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C2025A00063
01 December 2025
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Objects
4 Simplified outline of this Act
5 Definitions
6 Crown to be bound
7 Extension to external Territories
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Part 2—Establishment, functions and powers
8 Simplified outline of this Part
9 Head of Environment Information Australia
10 Functions
11 Independence
12 State of the Environment reports
13 Environmental economic accounts
14 National environmental information assets
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Part 3—Minister’s responsibilities in relation to Head of Environment Information Australia’s functions
15 Simplified outline of this Part
16 Response to State of the Environment reports
17 Minister’s responsibilities in relation to statements of environmental economic accounts
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Part 4—Information and confidentiality
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Division 1—Introduction
18 Simplified outline of this Part
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Division 2—Information gathering
19 Head of Environment Information Australia may request information or documents
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Division 3—Use and disclosure of EIA information
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Subdivision A—Authorised use and disclosure by the Head of Environment Information Australia
20 Disclosure of EIA information to Commonwealth entities
21 Disclosure of EIA information to State or Territory government bodies
22 Disclosure for the purposes of law enforcement
23 Disclosure to reduce serious risk to human health
24 Disclosure to reduce serious risk to the environment
25 Disclosure of protected information for the purposes of the Head’s functions and powers
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Subdivision B—Authorised use and disclosure by entrusted persons
26 Use and disclosure for the purposes of the Head’s functions and powers
27 Use and disclosure for the purposes of other Acts administered by the Minister
28 Use and disclosure to meet international obligations
29 Use and disclosure of publicly available information
30 Disclosure to person to whom information relates
31 Use and disclosure with consent
32 Disclosure to person who provided information
33 Disclosure of summaries or statistics
34 Disclosure to a court, tribunal etc.
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Division 4—Use and disclosure of departmental information
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Subdivision A—Authorised use and disclosure by the Head of Environment Information Australia
35 Disclosure of protected information for the purposes of the Head’s functions and powers
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Subdivision B—Authorised use and disclosure by entrusted persons
36 Use and disclosure for the purposes of the Head’s functions and powers
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Division 5—Civil penalties
37 Unauthorised use or disclosure of EIA information that is protected information—entrusted person
38 Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—official of certain Commonwealth entities
39 Unauthorised secondary use or disclosure of protected information
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Part 5—Appointment of the Head of Environment Information Australia and assistance from staff and contractors
40 Simplified outline of this Part
41 Appointment
42 Staff
43 Contractors
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Part 6—Miscellaneous
44 Simplified outline of this Part
45 Delegation
46 Annual report
47 Enforcement of civil penalty provisions
48 Liability for damages
49 Executive power of the Commonwealth
50 Review of operation of Act
51 Rules