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Under section 84 of the _Telecommunications Act 1997_, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is required to maintain a register which includes: * all nominated carrier declarations currently in force * all carrier licences currently in force and * all conditions of such licences. The register document can be found on the [ACMA's website here](https://www.acma.gov.au/regi

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James Cook University was commissioned by Parks Australia to assess: the latest condition of benthic, fish and invertebrate communities within the Coral Sea Marine Park any ongoing impacts of the back-to-back (2020 and 2021) bleaching events on benthic, fish and invertebrate communities, and gain some understanding of the resilience and biodiversity of the Coral Sea Marine Park ‘bright spot’ re

Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs are the world’s southernmost open ocean platform reefs, supporting a unique mix of tropical and subtropical species. While isolated reefs, such as Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, are often described as being ‘near pristine’ due to limited local anthropogenic impacts, these isolated reefs (like coral reefs globally) are being increasingly exposed to changing environm

Researchers from the University of WA interviewed 36 key knowledge holders in Western Australia’s professional fishing industry to discuss the knowledge fishers hold and their views on how it should be incorporated into management. The knowledge of these fishers reflects experiences and observations made in 17 different fisheries across 3,500km of coastline across multi-decade careers as skippe

James Cook University was awarded funding through an Our Marine Parks Round 3 Grant to investigate the cultural and ecological significance of Ashmore and Boot Reefs. The key objectives of this project were to: engage and collaborate with, and build capacity within, the Meriam people in the conduct of ecological surveys to assess the status of shallow and deep reef habitats conduct extens

In May/June 2023, Parks Australia undertook a 14-day voyage in the Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP), to assess the health of islands, islets and cays in the southern, eastern and central regions of the CSMP. The cays visited and assessed were: Herald Beacon Islet (Mellish Reef), North Cay (Mellish Reef), East Diamond Islet (Tregrosse Reefs), South Islet (Willis Islets), North East Cay (Herald Cays)

What is the resource? This layer contains environmental offset which have been granted approval under the EPBC act (approved). Environmental offsets are additional land that will be protected from future development and managed to maintain or enhance the matters of national environmental significance in accordance with the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation ACT 1999. To see mo

James Cook University was awarded funding through an Our Marine Parks Round 2 grant to explore and document the deep (>30m) reef habitats of the Coral Sea Marine Park using remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and acoustic tracking. These deep habitats support diverse benthic and fish assemblages. The coral cover ranged from 8% to 32% in depth 0-100m. There were four deep ‘bright spots’ (Herald’

Natural value assessments of terrestrial ecosystems and species in the Coral Sea Marine Park were conducted at Cato Reef (Cato Island, West Islet, Hope Cay, Porpoise Cay, Bird Islet); Wreck Reefs (South West, Observatory, and unnamed Cays); Frederick Reefs (Observatory and Lighthouse Cays); Marion Reefs (Brodie, Paget, and Carola Cays); East Diamond Islet; Herald Cays (North East and South West Ca

The Coral Sea is a critically important and significant ecosystem, which (like coral reefs globally) is increasingly threatened by changing environmental conditions, particularly ocean warming. Previous surveys conducted in 2020 and 2021 showed shallow reef habitats across the Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP) experienced severe and widespread bleaching in early 2020, with almost two-thirds of all c

Parks Australia commissioned the CSIRO to undertake a survey of selected marine and terrestrial environmental values at Ashmore Reef Marine Park. The field work was undertaken on two trips, 1– 6 May and 14- 22 June 2019. This report presents the findings of that work. For the terrestrial component, the required elements were to quantify the diversity and abundance of native and non-native plant