2019-20 FOI Disclosure Log

FOI reference number:

Date of release: 26 September 2019
Summary of FOI Request: Communications between CSIRO and News Corporation regarding the moon poster
Documents available on request - foi@csiro.au
s22, s47, s47G(1)(a), s47F

Date of release: 23 September 2019
Summary of FOI Request: Documents pertaining to claim that an increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere would cause Earth's global mean surface temperature to increase
FOI2019-35 Documents PDF (7 MB)
s22

Date of release: 26 September 2019
Summary of FOI Request: Documents recording the disclosure of a conflict of interest by a member of the Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance or a member of its bodies including the National Research Management Committee, the Regional Research Advisory Committees and the Stakeholder Roundtable Group
Documents available on request - foi@csiro.au
s22

Date of release: 27 September 2019
Summary of FOI Request: Minutes of the National Research Management Committee's 12 meetings from March 2016 to May 2019
Documents available on request - foi@csiro.au
s22

Date of release: 25 November 2019
Summary of FOI Request: Documents in relation to Average Staffing Levels between 1 July 2018 and 3 October 2019
FOI2019-45 - Documents PDF (13 MB)
s22, s47F

Date of release: 10 February 2020
Summary of FOI Request: Any reports, documents, minutes, briefings or similar provided to Federal Minister/s from 2018 onwards on the links between climate change and bushfires and any specific warnings about the 2019-20 bushfire season
FOI2020-3 Documents PDF (16 MB)
s22, s47F

Date of release: 12 March 2020
Summary of FOI Request: Documents pertaining to guidelines, policies, checklists and general guidance provided by CSIRO to members of Research Committees as to how to distinguish "research" expenditures (from the Research Fund) from non-research expenditures; all documents pertaining to the application for Approved Research Institute (ARI) status by Oceanic Research Institute; documentation that addresses whether applications for ARI status require the applicant to certify, under legal penalty, that the material presented is true.
Documents available on request - foi@csiro.au
s22, s47F, s47, s47G(1)(a)

Date of release: 13 February 2020
Summary of FOI Request: All records, studies, correspondence, reports, emails, memos, briefings or other documents in the possession of the CSIRO or which the CSIRO is legally bound to disclose under the Act which mention or draw upon the following study: "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels for the Last 500 Million Years, Author(s): Daniel H Rothman, Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol 99 No 7 (Apr. 2, 2002) pp 4167 4171. The relevant time period is April 1, 2002 to the present.
Document is publicly available: GSA Today - CO₂ as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate [pdf · 1.5mb]
s22

Date of release: 10 March 2020
Summary of FOI Request: Any maps or plans that show the property at the time of purchase and layout of the field station at Elizabeth Drive, Badgerys Creek, formerly the McMaster Field Station. Records that describe the general use of the property, the use of the particulars buildings and specific areas where research activities took place as well as architectural drawings or plans of buildings constructed on the property.
Documents available on request - foi@csiro.au
s22, s47F, s47C