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Treat this as an evidence pack for editorial review, not a final judgement.\n\n## Source Coverage\n\n| Source type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| other-pdfs | 2 |\n| pages | 13 |\n\n## Executive Readout\n\n### Purpose\n\n- Contact us\nIf you encounter accessibility difficulties with the IESC website, please\ncontact us\n:\nWebsite Manager\nIndependent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development\nGPO Box 787\nCanberra ACT 2601\nAustralia\nphone: +61 2 6274 1111\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/online-accessibility-statement)`\n- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Assessing groundwater-dependent ecosystems\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Deriving site-specific guideline values for physico-chemical parameters and toxicants\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Characterisation and modelling of geological fault zones\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with underground coal mining\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Using impact pathway diagrams based on ecohydrological conceptualisation in environmental impact assessment\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with coal seam gas production\nAnnual Reviews\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2024-June 2025\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2023-June 2024\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/publications)`\n- About us\nScientific advice\nInformation Guidelines and Explanatory Notes\nSubscribe to updates\nPublications\nMeeting minutes\nLatest updates\nAgenda and minutes of the 121st IESC Meeting\n02 March 2026\nMeeting 121 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 11 – 12 February 2026.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 120th IESC Meeting\n22 December 2025\nMeeting 120 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 8 – 11 December 2025.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/)`\n\n### Role and Functions\n\n- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Assessing groundwater-dependent ecosystems\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Deriving site-specific guideline values for physico-chemical parameters and toxicants\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Characterisation and modelling of geological fault zones\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with underground coal mining\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Using impact pathway diagrams based on ecohydrological conceptualisation in environmental impact assessment\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with coal seam gas production\nAnnual Reviews\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2024-June 2025\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2023-June 2024\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/publications)`\n- Contact us\nIf you encounter accessibility difficulties with the IESC website, please\ncontact us\n:\nWebsite Manager\nIndependent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development\nGPO Box 787\nCanberra ACT 2601\nAustralia\nphone: +61 2 6274 1111\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/online-accessibility-statement)`\n- About us\nScientific advice\nInformation Guidelines and Explanatory Notes\nSubscribe to updates\nPublications\nMeeting minutes\nLatest updates\nAgenda and minutes of the 121st IESC Meeting\n02 March 2026\nMeeting 121 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 11 – 12 February 2026.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 120th IESC Meeting\n22 December 2025\nMeeting 120 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 8 – 11 December 2025.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 121st IESC Meeting\n02 March 2026\nMeeting 121 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 11 – 12 February 2026.\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/news)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 119th IESC Meeting\n24 November 2025\nMeeting 119 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 5 – 6 November 2025.\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/news)`\n\n### Strategic Priorities\n\n- Contact us\nIf you encounter accessibility difficulties with the IESC website, please\ncontact us\n:\nWebsite Manager\nIndependent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development\nGPO Box 787\nCanberra ACT 2601\nAustralia\nphone: +61 2 6274 1111\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/online-accessibility-statement)`\n- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Assessing groundwater-dependent ecosystems\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Deriving site-specific guideline values for physico-chemical parameters and toxicants\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Characterisation and modelling of geological fault zones\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with underground coal mining\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Using impact pathway diagrams based on ecohydrological conceptualisation in environmental impact assessment\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with coal seam gas production\nAnnual Reviews\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2024-June 2025\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2023-June 2024\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/publications)`\n- About us\nScientific advice\nInformation Guidelines and Explanatory Notes\nSubscribe to updates\nPublications\nMeeting minutes\nLatest updates\nAgenda and minutes of the 121st IESC Meeting\n02 March 2026\nMeeting 121 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 11 – 12 February 2026.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 120th IESC Meeting\n22 December 2025\nMeeting 120 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 8 – 11 December 2025.\n Source: `pages/homepage.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 121st IESC Meeting\n02 March 2026\nMeeting 121 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 11 – 12 February 2026.\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/news)`\n- Agenda and minutes of the 119th IESC Meeting\n24 November 2025\nMeeting 119 of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development was held on 5 – 6 November 2025.\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/news)`\n- 2024–25 Annual Review of Activities\n10 November 2025\nThis review highlights the work of the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development in the 2024–2025 financial year.\n Source: `pages/news-latest.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/news)`\n- Download\nAgenda: Meeting 121 (DOC 225.7KB)\nAgenda: Meeting 121 (PDF 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please\ncontact us\n:\nWebsite Manager\nIndependent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development\nGPO Box 787\nCanberra ACT 2601\nAustralia\nphone: +61 2 6274 1111\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/online-accessibility-statement)`\n- Information Guidelines Explanatory Note - Uncertainty analysis for groundwater modelling\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Assessing groundwater-dependent ecosystems\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Deriving site-specific guideline values for physico-chemical parameters and toxicants\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Characterisation and modelling of geological fault zones\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with underground coal mining\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Using impact pathway diagrams based on ecohydrological conceptualisation in environmental impact assessment\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note 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impact pathway diagrams based on ecohydrological conceptualisation in environmental impact assessment\nInformation Guidelines Explanatory Note - Subsidence associated with coal seam gas production\nAnnual Reviews\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2024-June 2025\nAnnual Review of Activities - July 2023-June 2024\n Source: `pages/annual-reports-index.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/publications)`\n- The research priorities focused on issues of national significance, areas of high-risk to water resources and areas where there are major knowledge gaps.\n Source: `pages/priorities-index__01.html (https://www.iesc.gov.au/research)`\n- Contact us\nIf you encounter accessibility difficulties with the IESC website, please\ncontact us\n:\nWebsite Manager\nIndependent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development\nGPO Box 787\nCanberra ACT 2601\nAustralia\nphone: +61 2 6274 1111\n Source: `pages/announcements-index.html 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A mention does not always mean the department administers the legislation; high-confidence and official register links should be reviewed.\n\n## Summary\n\n- Source files scanned: 16\n- Unique legislation references found: 5\n\n| Type | Count |\n|---|---:|\n| Act | 4 |\n| Regulation | 1 |\n\n## Legislation References\n\n### Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Commonwealth+Environment+Protection+and+Biodiversity+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `other-pdfs/iesc-meeting-121-minutes.pages.jsonl`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- e forest that is part of the Goulburn River State\nConservation Area and contiguous with other nature and state forest reserves. Longwalls are proposed\nbelow a large area of native forest, which provides terrestrial habitat for several species listed under the\nCommonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and includes a\nCritically Endangered Ecological Community (CEEC): White Box – Yellow Box – Blakely’s Red Gum Grassy\n2\n\n[page 3]\nWoodland and Derived Native Grassland, hereafter referred to as the ‘Box Gum Woodland and DNG\nCEEC’.\nThe IESC notes that\n Source: `other-pdfs/iesc-meeting-121-minutes.pages.jsonl`\n\n### Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999\n\n**Type**: Act\n**Confidence**: medium\n**Mentions**: 1\n**Register search**: https://www.legislation.gov.au/search?query=Environment+Protection+and+Biodiversity+Conservation+Act+1999\n\n**Sources**:\n- `pages/about.html`\n\n**Evidence contexts**:\n- t Scientific Committee on Unconventional Gas Development and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC)\nThe Australian Government originally established the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development in 2012 under the\nEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth)\n(EPBC Act). 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