Appendix 1Submissions and Additional Information
1Australian Communications and Media Authority
2Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner
3Net Zero Economy Authority
4News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra
5Australian Environment Foundation
6Municipal Association of Victoria
7Loomberah Family & Farmland Incorporated
8Queensland Conservation Council
9Future Coal
9.1 Supplementary to submission 9
10Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
11Dr Peter Ridd
1289 Degrees East
13Friends of Chalumbin
14Rainforest Reserves Australia
Adverse comment response from Dr Robert Brulle, received 28 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Australian Conservation Foundation, received 17 March 2026
15Coronium Pty Ltd
16Dr Adam Lucas
17Ross De Rango
18Local & Independent News Association
19The Australian National University Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions
20Celeste Pater
21ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society
Adverse comment response from ADVANCE, received 10 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Mothers for Nuclear, received 12 October 2025
22ADVANCE
Adverse comment response from The Sunrise Project, received 15 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Dr Jeremy Walker, received 14 October 2025
23The Climate Centre
24National Environmental Law Association
25CWO REZist Inc.
26North Queensland Natural History Group Inc
27Professor Aynsley Kellow
28Dr Matthew Rimmer
29Australian Fusion Industry
30Ian Penna
31Karen Fox
32Walter Shepherd
33CHRRUP
34Flight Free Australia
35People for the Plains
36Phoebe Morgan
37Alexander Petersen
38Simon McInnes
39Anne Osborne
40Euroa Environment Group Inc
41United Nations Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights
42International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE)
43Hamish Cumming
44Logan Smith
45Stephen Johnston
46Andrew Gibson
47Col Poulter
48Doreen Mortimore
49Emma Jeffrey
50Robert Onfray
51Simon Case
52Climate Capital Forum
53Darryl Elliott
54Dr Kyla Tienhaara and Dr Fergus Green
55Dr Timothy Florin
56Comms Declare
57Institute of Public Affairs
58ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century
59Property Rights Australia Inc.
60QUT Digital Media Research Centre
Adverse comment response from ADVANCE, received 10 October 2025
61Environmental Defenders Office
62Climate Action Network Australia (CANA)
63UQ Pro Bono Centre
64Coal Australia
65Australian Resources Development Pty Ltd
66ANU Law Reform and Social Justice Research Hub
67UTS Centre for Media Transition
68The Centre for Independent Studies
Adverse comment response from Dr Jeremy Walker, received 14 October 2025
69InfluenceMap
70Tasmanian Climate Collective
71Ketan Joshi
72David Archibald
73Les Daniel
74Paul Goard
75Name Withheld
76Australia Exits the WHO
77Rex Osborne
78Climate Action Burwood/Canada Bay
79Geelong Sustainability
80Sandra Bourke
Adverse comment response from Dr Jeremy Walker, received 14 October 2025
81Independent Engineers, Scientists and Professionals
82Jane Sultana
83Deborah Pergolotti
84Bruce Murray
85Uarbry Tongy Lane Alliance Inc.
86Tony Harris
87Piers Verstegen
88No Offshore Wind Farm Zone - Warrnambool to Port Fairy Network
89Nell Stevenson
90Kalapa Wycarbah Local Action Committee
91Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges Landscape Guardians Inc
92Sonya Elek
93Dr John McLean
94Marc Hendrickx
95William (Jim) Pinkerton
96John Whalen
97Jenny Cambers-Smith
98Australian Associated Press Ltd
99Australian Science Communicators
100Doctors for the Environment Australia
Adverse comment response from ADVANCE, received 10 October 2025
101No Offshore Turbines Port Stephens
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102Parents for Climate
Adverse comment response from Mothers for Nuclear, received 12 October 2025
103Responsible Renewables Committee, Port Stephens-Myall Coast
104Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, McGill University
105Climate Social Science Network
106Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research
107Hunter Jobs Alliance
Adverse comment response from ADVANCE, received 10 October 2025
108Lighter Footprints
Adverse comment response from ADVANCE, received 10 October 2025
109National Rational Energy Network (NREN)
109.1 Supplementary to submission 109
110Protect the Bush Alliance
111Union of Concerned Scientists
112Future Smart Strategies
113WWF Australia
114Consumer Policy Research Centre
115Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD)
116Emeritus Professor Ian Plimer
117Australian Democracy Network
118RMIT Information Integrity Hub
119Digital Rights Watch
120Jewish Climate Network
121Executive Council of Australian Jewry
122Transparency International Australia
123Climate for Change
124Raphaela Raaber et al
125Senator Malcolm Roberts
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126Professor Matthew Hornsey et al
127Corporate Carbon
128University of Melbourne
129Centre for Public Integrity
130Farmers for Climate Action
Adverse comment response from Meat and Livestock Australia, received 20 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Victorian Farmers Federation, received 22 October 2025
131Community Power Agency, RE-Alliance and Yes 2 Renewables
132Australian Human Rights Commission
133Greenpeace Australia Pacific
134Friends of the Earth
Adverse comment response from Wimmera Mallee Environmental and Agricultural Protection Association, received 6 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Responsible Future Illawarra Inc, received 10 November 2025
135Professor Julia Steinberger
136Birds SA
137Dr Helen Hutchinson
138Name Withheld
139Nick Jorss
Attachment 1
140The Page Research Centre
Adverse comment response from The Sunrise Project, received 15 October 2025
141Kenneth Carey
142Tania Neville
143Kerry Trapnell
144Sophia Walter
145Dr Peter Cook
146Scott McCamish
147Australian Conservation Foundation
148John Hughes
149David Forbes
150Mary Morris
150.1 Supplementary to submission 150
151Philip Lormer
152Nuclear for Australia
153South Burnett Sustainable Future Network
154Steve Burgess
155Joanne Nova
156Dr David van Gend
157Michael Copage and Blake Johnson
158Ellen Smith
159Ellie Martus
160Sydney Knitting Nannas and Friends
161Darebin Climate Action Now
162Climate Integrity
163Steven Leuver
164Michael Jonas
165Brown University, Climate and Development Lab
166Smart Energy Council
1671 Million Women
168Name Withheld
169Name Withheld
170Name Withheld
171Name Withheld
172Name Withheld
173Name Withheld
174Name Withheld
Adverse comment response from National Rational Energy Network, received 9 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Southern Wimmera Renewables Research Association, received 6 October 2025
Adverse comment response from Wimmera Mallee Environmental and Agricultural Protection Association, received 6 October 2025
175Name Withheld
176Name Withheld
177Name Withheld
178Responsible Future Illawarra Chapter
Adverse comment response from Dr Jeremy Walker, received 14 October 2025
179Mr Luke Gelder
180Dr Mel Fitzpatrick
181Good for the Gong
182Mr Burchell Wilson
183Mr Steven Nowakowski
Adverse comment response from Queensland Conservation Council, received 21 October 2025
Adverse comment response from The Sunrise Project, received 15 October 2025
184Ms Lucy Hamilton
185Clean Energy Council
186Ms Mikaela Humble
187Dr Kesten Green
188Ms Penny Tangey
189Ms Cate Teece
190Ms Carolyn Emms
191Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action
192Southerly Ten
193Mr Stan Moore
194Dr Jennifer Marohasy
194.1 Supplementary to submission 194
195Mr Andrew Hallam
196Ms Anne McKenzie
197Climate Communications Australia
198Climate Council of Australia
199Dr Marc Hudson
200Drilled Media
201Martin O'Dea
202Mr Pierce Evans
203Supermiljöbloggen
204WePlanet Australia
205Mr Dayne Pratzky
206Amanda De Lore
Adverse comment response from Dr Jeremy Walker, received 14 October 2025
207Mr Richard Willoughby
208Mr. Ronald Davison
209Mr Trevor Scott
210Ms Carol Richard
211Disinformation in the City
212Mr Grant Piper
213Dr Brad Jessup
214Dr Roy Gilbert
215Mr Frank Bish
216Dr John Happs
217Mr Keith Bennett
218Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group
219Mr Michael Kottek
220Mrs Michelle Hunt
221Mr Murray Hogarth
222Nexa Advisory
222.1 Supplementary to submission 222
223Professor Ivan Kennedy
224Mr Rafe Champion
225Mr Timothy Gurowski
226Voices of Wannon
Adverse comment response from No Offshore Wind Farm Zone – Warrnambool to Port Fairy Network, received 10 October 2025
227Dr Michael Seebeck
228Confidential
229Dr Larry Cashion
230Ken Hodge
231Dr Bill Johnston
232Name Withheld
233Name Withheld
234Name Withheld
235Confidential
236Name Withheld
237Confidential
238Greenleaf Renewables
239Electronic Vehicle Council
240Mr Rob Cumming
Submission 240 response from Mr Giles Parkinson
241Surfers for Climate
Adverse comment response from Responsible Future Illawarra Inc to submission 241, received 16 February 2026
Adverse comment response from Cliff Hall, received 5 March 2026
242Confidential
243Dr Jeremy Walker
Adverse comment response from Atlas Network, received 22 January 2026
Adverse comment response from Rainforest Reserves Australia – Dr Anne Smith, received 22 January 2026
Committee comment on adverse comment response by Rainforest Reserves Australia, Dr Anne Smith
Adverse comment response from Sandra Bourke, received 22 January 2026
Adverse comment response from Rainforest Reserves Australia – Dr Anne Smith No.2, received 23 January 2026
Adverse comment response from NREN, received 1 February 2026
Adverse comment response from Advance, received 2 February 2026
Adverse comment response from Responsible Future Illawarra Inc, received 16 February 2026
Adverse comment response from Cliff Hall, received 5 March 2026
Michael Seebeck, Rainforest Reserves Australia, Response to adverse comments made by Dr Jeremy Walker, Chair and Deputy Chair
Adverse comment response from Rainforest Reserves Australia – Steven Nowakowski, received 29 January 2026
Additional Information
1Polling Summary, received from Re-Alliance on 18 November 2025
2Case Study, received from Re-Alliance on 18 November 2025
3RE-Alliance Network Survey, received from Re-Alliance on 18 November 2025
4Clarification of evidence given 13th November 2025, received from No Offshore Turbines Port Stephens on 12 December 2025
5Correction to evidence given by Australian Conservation Foundation at hearing on 12 November 2025, received from Hancock Prospecting on 15 January 2026
6Letter to Climate Integrity Committee - response to hearing invitation, received from Meta on 19 January 2026
7Offshore Wind Developments Microplastic Shedding, Phytoplankton Risk, and Associated Hydrogen and Ammonia Production, received by Susie Crick 19 Feb 2026
81976 letter from John Bonython, Atlas Network records, Box 22, Folder 11, Hoover Institution Library & Archives [donated by the Atlas Network 2015]
91981 CIS Corporate Supporters list. Source Atlas Network archives Box 142, Folder 9 [donated by Atlas Network].
Answer to Question on Notice
1Klaus Bruhn Jensen, answers to questions on notice, 29 September 2025 (received 29 September 2025)
2Andrew Dessler, answers to questions on notice, 30 September 2025 (received 9 October 2025)
3QUT Digital Media Research Centre, answers to questions on notice, 30 September 2025 (received 11 October 2025)
4Jennifer Lacy-Nichols, answers to written questions on notice, 14 October 2025 (received 14 October 2025)
5Australian Communications and Media Authority, answers to questions on notice, 29 September 2025 (received 15 October 2025)
6Union of Concerned Scientists, answers to written question on notice, 14 October 2025 (received 21 October 2025)
7InfluenceMap, answers to questions on notice, 29 September 2025 (received 21 October 2025)
8Raphaela Raaber, answers to questions on notice, 30 September 2025 (received 22 October 2025)
9Christian Downie, answers to questions on notice, 29 September 2025 (received 22 October 2025)
10ADM+S, answers to questions on notice, 29 September 2025 (received 22 October 2025)
11Alex Murray, answers to questions on notice, 29 September 2025 (received 24 October 2025)
12ADM+S, answer to written question on notice, 14 October 2025 (received 27 October 2025)
13Dr Christian Downie, answers to written questions on notice, 14 October 2025 (received 27 October 2025)
14Dr Lucy Hopkins, answers to written questions on notice, 14 October 2025 (received 28 October 2025)
15University of Melbourne, answers to spoken questions on notice, 29 September 2025 and written questions on notice, 14 October 2025 (received 28 Oct 2025)
16Climate Integrity - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
17Friends of the Earth - Adrian Cosgriff - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
18Geni.Energy - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
19LaTrobe Valley Sustainability Group - Daniel Caffrey - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
20LaTrobe Valley Sustainability Group - Lorraine Bull - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
21LaTrobe Valley Sustainability Group - Trevor Hoare - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
22Municipal Association of Victoria - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
23Nuclear Australia - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
24Rainforest Reserves - Chris Uhlmann - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
25WestWind Energy Development - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 November 2025)
26Hunter Jobs Alliance - answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 19 November 2025)
27People for the Plains, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 19 November 2025)
28Re-Alliance- Tony Goodfellow, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 19 November 2025)
29Re-Alliance- Lindsay Marriott, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 19 November 2025)
30TAFE Gippsland, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 20 November 2025)
31No Offshore Turbines Port Stephens - Frank Future, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 22 November 2025)
32Geelong Sustainability, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 24 November 2025)
33Climate Integrity, answers to spoken questions on notice, 12 November 2025, and written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 26 Nov 2025)
34National Environmental Law Association, answers to questions on notice, 13 November 2025 (received 26 November 2025)
35No Offshore Turbines Port Stephens, answers toquestions on notice, 13 November 2025 and 18 November 2025 (received 28 November 2025)
36Municipal Association of Victoria, answers to questions on notice, 11 November 2025 (received 1 December 2025)
37EV Council - Aman Gaur, answer to written question on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 1 December 2025)
38Rainforest Reserves Australia, answers to questions on notice, 12 November 2025 and 18 November 2025 (received 2 December 2025)
39National Rational Energy Network, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 3 December 2025)
40EV Coucil - Aman Gaur, answers to questions on notice, 13 November 2025 (received 4December 2025)
41News Corporation Australia, answer to questions on notice, 13 November 2025 (received 5 December 2025)
42News Corporation Australia, answer to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 5 December 2025)
43Institute of Public Affairs, answers to written questions on notice, 18 November 2025 (received 18 December 2025)
44Institute of Public Affairs, answers to written questions on notice, 5 December 2025 (received 18 December 2025)
45National Rational Energy Network, answers to written questions on notice, 5 December 2025 (received 19 December 2025)
46Rainforest Reserves Australia, answers to written questions on notice, 5 December 2025 (received 2 January 2026)
47Australian Democracy Network - answers to questions on notice, 6 February 2026 (received 13 February 2026)
48Dr Sora Park, answer to questions on notice, 17 February 2026 (received 24 February 2026)
49Charlotte Scaddan - answers to questions on notice, 6 February 2026 (received 26 February 2026)
50Minerals Council of Australia - answer to questions on notice, 17 February 2026 (received 4 March 2026)
51Coal Australia - answer to questions on notice, 16 February 2026 (received 6 March 2026)
52Dr Jeremy Walker- answer to questions on notice, 16 February 2026 (received 6 March 2026)
53Meta - answer to questions on notice, 16 February 2026 (received 6 March 2026)
54Australian Human Rights Commissioner - answer to questions on notice, 17 February 2026 (received 9 March 2026)
55Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water - answer to questions on notice, 17 February 2026 (received 10 March 2026)
56Meta, answer to written questions on notice, 24 February 2026 (received 10 March 2026)
57TikTok - answer to written questions on notice, 24 February 2026 (received 11 March 2026)
58Australian Associated Press, answer to questions on notice, 17 February 2026 (received 4 March 2026)
59Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, answer to written questions on notice 9 Dec 2025 (received 13 March 2026)
60Anthropic, answer to questions on notice 12 March 2026 (received 17 March 2026)
61Google, answer to questions on notice 5 March 2026 and written questions on notice 11 March 2026 (received 20 March 2026)
Correspondence
1Correspondence from Ms Barbara Mavridis, Vice-CEO of the Aligned Council of Australia to the committee Chair, received on 17 November 2025
2Correspondence from the committee Chair, on behalf of the committee, to Ms Barbara Mavridis, Vice-CEO of the Aligned Council of Australia, sent on 4 December 2025
3Correspondence from Ms Barbara Mavridis, Vice-CEO of the Aligned Council of Australia to the committee Chair, received on 11 December 2025
Tabled Documents
1Article regarding Rainforest Reserves Australia's submission in The Guardian Australia, tabled at the public hearing on 12 November 2025
2Letter from Dr Anne Smith, tabled by Rainforest Reserves Australia at the public hearing on 12 November 2025
3Emails between Rainforest Reserves Australia and The Guardian Australia, tabled at the public hearing on 12 November 2025
4Document tabled by Nuclear for Australia, tabled at the public hearing on 12 November 2025
5New York Times article, tabled by Senator Malcolm Roberts at the public hearing on 6 February 2026
6Report from Center for Countering Digital Hate, tabled by Chair Senator Whish-Wilson at the public hearing on 16 February 2026
7Opening statement by Ms Charlotte Scaddan, tabled at the public hearing on 6 February 2026