Address: Main Office: John Gorton Building

Note: the indented figures reflect the breakdown of the total 16 decisions.

Table 3: Referrals and referral decisions by jurisdiction

	Referrals received in 2010–11		Decisions made in 2010–11
			Action clearly unacceptable	Approval required	Approval not required		Total decisions
				CA	PM	NCA
Antarctica	1				1		1
Christmas Island
Cocos-Keeling Island	2			1	1		2
Commonwealth marine	27				20	2	22
Norfolk Island
Other Aust Territory	2				1		1
Other country
ACT	13			5	5	6	16
Jervis Bay Territory
NSW	93			33	8	42	83
NT	8			2	2	3	7
Qld	101			30	18	42	90
SA	16			6	8	2	16
Tas	14			6	6	4	16
Vic	71			17	11	35	63
WA	80			50	23	10	83
Total	428			150	104	146	400

Note: CA = controlled action; NCA = not controlled action; PM = action to be take in a particular manner

Table 4: Referrals and referral decisions by activity category

	Referrals received in 2010–11		Decisions made in 2010–11
			Action clearly unacceptable	Approval required	Approval not required		Total decisions
				CA	PM	NCA
Agriculture and forestry	4			3	1	1	5
Aquaculture
Commercial development	25			13	2	7	22
	Referrals received in 2010–11		Decisions made in 2010–11
			Action clearly unacceptable	Approval required	Approval not required		Total decisions
				CA	PM	NCA
Commonwealth	10			5	4	2	11
Energy generation and supply (non-renewable)	18			4	4	10	18
Energy generation and supply (renewable)	16			7	1	5	13
Exploration (mineral, oil and gas—marine)	41			1	33	1	35
Exploration (mineral, oil and gas—non-marine)	5			1	4		5
Manufacturing					1		1
Mining	75			54	4	14	72
Natural resources management	25			5	8	9	22
Private	6				1	5	6
Residential development	59			25	9	17	51
Science and research	10			1	5	4	10
Telecommunications	4				1	2	3
Tourism and recreation	14			6	6	9	21
Transport—air and space	3				1	2	3
Transport—land	60			17	9	30	56
Transport—water	10				5	3	8
Waste management (non-sewerage)	5			2		3	5
Waste management (sewerage)	11			4	1	6	11
Water management and use	27			2	4	16	22
Total	428			150	104	146	400

Note: CA = controlled action; NCA = not controlled action; PM = action to be take in a particular manner

Table 5: Decisions on assessment approach and assessments by type

	Type of assessment decided in 2010–11	Assessments completed in 2010–11	Assessments withdrawn in 2010–11	Assessments lapsed in 2010–11	Recommendation reports completed in 2010–11	Recommendation reports (no approval) completed in 2010–11	Assessments in progress at 30 June 2011	Recommendation reports in progress at 30 June 2011
Commonwealth Assessments
Preliminary documentation	86	51	8	5	51	4	123	15
Public environment report	7	6	2	1	6	1	18	1
Referral information	13	13	0	0	13	1	3	0
Environmental impact statement	13	6	1	0	6	0	33	6
State/Territory Assessments
Bilateral assessment	14	17	4	0	0	0	94	0
Accredited process	12	5	2	0	0	0	43	0

Table 6: Approvals in 2010–11

Type of approval	Number of approvals	Number of approvals since the commencement of the Act
Action approved	103	465
Not approved	2	10
Total decisions	105	475
Awaiting approval at 30 June 2010	18
Awaiting further information from proponent	11

Table 7: Advice requested and provided under section 160

Authorisation provision	Requests for advice	Advice not required	Advice required	Assessment completed	Advice provided
R6.01—Sea Dumping Permit	18	17	1	0	0
R6.01—Sea Installations Permit	0	0	0	0	0
S160—Airport Major Development Plan	4	4	0	0	0
S160—Airspace Management	0	0	0	0	0
S160—Foreign Aid	0	0	0	0	0