Climate Active non-compliance register (Clause 12.4 Climate Active License Agreement)
Dear Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water,
Please provide copies of the current and previous versions of the register of non-compliance under the Climate Active program as described in clause 12.4 of the climate active license agreement.
If no register has ever been produced please advise.
Yours faithfully,
Rob Cawthorne
OFFICIAL
Dear Rob Cawthorne
Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Request No: LEX 80536
We refer to your request received by the Department of Climate Change,
Energy, the Environment and Water on 1 July 2025 for access to documents
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) made in the following
terms:
‘Please provide copies of the current and previous versions of the
register of non-compliance under the Climate Active program as described
in clause 12.4 of the climate active license agreement.
If no register has ever been produced please advise.’
**Response required**
The department is working towards ensuring that all employees have a
choice about whether they provide their full name and direct contact
details in response to public enquiries. Where such details are included
in the scope of a request, this may add to processing time and applicable
charges as it may be necessary to consider whether the details are exempt
under the FOI Act.
On this basis, please confirm via return email to [1][DCCEWW request email]
agreeing to the removal of these details under section 22 of the FOI Act.
Your address
The FOI Act requires that you provide us with an address which we can send
notices to. You have advised your electronic address is
[2][FOI #13350 email]. We will send all notices
and correspondence to this address.
Please advise us as soon as possible if you wish correspondence to be sent
to another address or if your address changes. If you do not advise us of
changes to your address, correspondence and notices will continue to be
sent to the address specified above.
Disclosure log
Please note that information released under FOI Act may be published in a
disclosure log on the department's website. Section 11C of the FOI Act
requires this publication, however it is subject to certain exceptions,
including where publication of personal, business, professional or
commercial information would be unreasonable.
Further assistance
If you have any questions, please email [3][email address].
Kind regards
FOI Contact Officer
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace
(GPO Box 3090) Parkes ACT 2600 Australia
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OFFICIAL
Dear FOI Contact Officer,
Thank you for your prompt response.
There is no need for any individual names or personal information. I agree to the redaction of any of this information as outlined in section 22 of the FOI Act.
Please continue to communicate through this email address.
Yours sincerely,
Rob Cawthorne
OFFICIAL
Dear Rob Cawthorne
Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Climate Change,
Energy, the Environment and Water, in relation to your Freedom of
Information request, LEX 80536.
Kind regards
FOI Contact Officer
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace
(GPO Box 3090) Parkes ACT 2600 Australia
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Dear FOI Contact Officer,
Thank you for the information supplied so far.
12.4 of the Climate Active license agreement states:
In addition to our rights under this clause 12, we may record your non-compliance with this Licence
Agreement (or an Approved Affiliate Entity’s non-compliance with the terms of an Affiliate
Agreement) at our discretion on a non-compliance register that we maintain which may be made
publicly available.
Organisations that have signed this license agreement have already accepted that their non-compliance can be publicised. On this basis I ask that you remove the redaction of organisation names.
Yours sincerely,
Rob Cawthorne
OFFICIAL
Dear Rob Cawthorne
Acknowledgement of Internal Review no: IR 80536
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the
Department) acknowledges receipt of your application for internal review
under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) dated 28 July 2025.
The Department is required to make a decision within 30 days after the day
a valid application is received. This 30 day processing period may only be
extended by the Information Commissioner. If the processing period is
extended, you will be informed of the extension and the reasons for it.
The statutory deadline for providing a decision on this request is
currently 27 August 2025.
We will contact you at this email address
[1][FOI #13350 email]. Please advise if you
would prefer us to use an alternative means of contact.
Kind regards
FOI Contact Officer
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace
(GPO Box 3090) Parkes ACT 2600 Australia
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OFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
Dear Rob Cawthorne
Please see attached correspondence from the Department of Climate Change,
Energy, the Environment and Water, in relation to your FOI internal
review, LEX IR 80536.
Kind regards
FOI Contact Officer
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country, John Gorton Building, King Edward Terrace
(GPO Box 3090) Parkes ACT 2600 Australia
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