Document Library

Documents

The primary public index of executed Trustee documents, supporting records, annexes, verification material and the Supplementary Public Interest Submission.

2026 Trustee notices

Trustee notices and administrative record

Executed notices and related administrative material forming part of the Trustee's continuing administrative and evidentiary record.

Issued 20 July 2026 to the Chief Executive Officer of Moorabool Shire Council concerning the historical administration of Planning Permit PL-SP/05/0461.
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24 July 2026 · email providing four concise reference bundles to assist Council in locating material already forming part of the administrative and public documentary record. The correspondence states that the bundles were provided for convenience only and were not intended to expand the Notice.
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Planning Permit, endorsed planning framework, incorporated technical standards and associated regulatory material.
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Contemporaneous documentary extracts concerning construction, commissioning and associated project milestones.
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Selected extracts from background monitoring and subsequent compliance documentation.
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Selected Council correspondence and Freedom of Information decisions relevant to the historical administrative record.
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Issued 16 July 2026 concerning the Lal Lal Wind Farm and K15aa documentary pathway.
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Notice - Opportunity to Clarify Professional Positions and Authorising Basis
26 July 2026 - procedural-fairness opportunity concerning the professional acoustic record
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Supplementary reference material email — 24 July 2026

The Trustee provided the reference bundles solely as a practical aid to Council's consideration of the Governance Notice. The email records that the material was not provided as further submissions and was not intended to expand upon the Notice.

Preview of the Trustee's 24 July 2026 supplementary reference material email to the Chief Executive Officer of Moorabool Shire Council
Email preview. Open the PDF for the complete correspondence chain and attachment record.
External administrative oversight

Victorian Ombudsman complaints and correspondence

Primary complaint documents and supporting correspondence concerning distinct August 2026 Ombudsman complaint pathways. Public copies redact the Trustee contact email address; the substantive document text is otherwise preserved.

Reading position: complaint lodgement does not establish that the Ombudsman has accepted the allegations or made a finding. C/26/15485 is recorded separately from the later 18 August Council complaint because the complaints concern different administrative conduct.
13 July–10 August 2026 · primary supporting correspondence for the online complaint lodged 14 August 2026 concerning Council's non-response / administration of the Condition 17 records enquiry.
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24 August 2026 · Ombudsman advised no further action; Trustee sought clarification because the complaint description appeared to concern materially different Council matters.
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18 August 2026 · EPA regulatory decision-making and continuing compliance position · File C/26/3280.
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18 August 2026 · separate complaint concerning historical administration and enforcement of Planning Permit PL-SP/05/0461 · related to C/26/3280 and distinct from C/26/15485.
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25 August 2026 · Ministerial planning-permit administration, Departmental compliance position and 2026 permit amendment · File C/26/3280.
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Dedicated web record bringing the four complaint pathways, source documents and current procedural position together.
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Freedom of Information and administrative disclosure

Council governance, commissioning and DTP CS019200 primary documents

Decision notices and subsequent Trustee and agency correspondence published as part of the documentary custody, planning-administration and governance record.

15 April 2026 · decision records searches and no responsive documents found.
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9 April 2026 · clarification sought from the Executive Manager Community Planning & Development concerning the authorisation status and documentary basis.
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15 April 2026 · clarification sought from the Executive Manager Community Planning & Development concerning the commissioning date and documentary basis.
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22 April 2026 · consolidated Trustee correspondence concerning the Elaine meteorological facility and commissioning record.
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14 May 2026 · Governance states that the FOI processes were complete, its involvement had concluded and no further response would be provided.
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17 July 2026 · decision records eight documents located and specified commissioning-related records not located.
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17 July 2026 · applicant identity and Part 4 determination clarification sought.
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4 August 2026 · DTP states that, following relevant enquiries, it was unable to locate any documents in response to Part 4 concerning documentary authority for the identified NZS 6808:2010 definition departures.
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12 August 2026 · DTP Energy and Infrastructure Assessment response later supplied to the Beneficiary by a third party. DTP states that pre-construction predictive noise assessment under Clause 52.32 is conducted in accordance with NZS 6808:2010, that the Victorian Guideline does not supplement the Clause 52.32 / NZS requirements, and that the monitoring methodology is set out in NZS 6808:2010. Beneficiary recipient email redacted for public release.
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Department of Transport and Planning

Permit-amendment administrative clarification record

Primary notices and correspondence concerning the Department's reliance position, Transitional Condition 27A and reconciliation between the publicly exhibited amendment and the final permit instrument.

7 April 2026 · records the earlier Departmental reliance position and seeks clarification after receipt of further documentary material.
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18 May 2026 · Transitional Condition 27A, responsible-authority wording, meteorological monitoring wording and exhibited-to-final permit reconciliation.
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26 June 2026 · complete email thread recording the 18 May notice, 26 May status enquiry, absence of acknowledgement or substantive response, and the Trustee's decision to proceed on the available record.
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15 May–12 July 2026 · determination notification and later advice that the Permit Amendment and NMP public-reference pages were available.
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25 August 2026 · complaint concerning DTP's administration of the Ministerial Planning Permit, the documentary foundation for its stated NZS 6808:2010 compliance position, the handling of later documentary and FOI material, and the 2026 permit amendment. Lodgement is recorded as a procedural event; no Ombudsman finding is presently recorded.
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Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner

Complaint consideration and administrative continuity

Primary documents recording the Beneficiary's complaint pathway, the Commissioner's reliance on EPA Victoria's stated position and the Trustee's later administrative-record updates.

9 January 2025 · records her position as Manager – South West, EPA Victoria, and advice that she would cease working for EPA Victoria on 10 January 2025.
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11 April 2025 · states that Assistant Commissioner Carolyn Francis would not be involved because of previous involvement in related matters and that the Commissioner would be briefed.
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19 June 2025 · issued to the Beneficiary; records the Commissioner's consideration of EPA Victoria's stated position and conclusion that the AEIC could not assist further.
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17 March–17 July 2026 · Trustee correspondence providing documentary material, seeking receipt confirmation and later forwarding the crystallisation and EPA reconciliation notices for administrative-record purposes only.
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Guided chronology distinguishing the Beneficiary's historical complaint correspondence from the Trustee's later administrative record.
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Record structure

Why documents are grouped

Documents are organised according to their role within the documentary pathway rather than simply by date. This allows readers to move from the governing framework through technical assessment, regulatory material and Freedom of Information disclosures in a logical sequence.

Record principle

The website explains the record. The PDFs are the record.

Each document below is provided for direct public access. The administrative and evidentiary record was crystallised as at 29 June 2026 and transmitted to the Victorian Ombudsman on 6 July 2026 as a Supplementary Public Interest Submission.

Reading pathway: New readers should begin with Start Here, use the Glossary for technical terms, read Understanding the Record for methodology, and then return to this document library for the source PDFs.
Document library role

Source documents supporting the evidence pages

This page is the record document library. Evidence pages such as K15aa, NCTP, NZS 6808, SAC and Permit Amendment explain the pathway; this page preserves the underlying PDFs for direct access.

Technical report collection

The reports below document the development of the acoustic record from the planning stage through post-construction assessment, later technical correspondence and environmental auditor verification. Readers seeking explanation, chronology and documentary context should use the Technical Reports page.

Environmental Auditor verification identifying the Marshall Day 17 January 2018 predictive assessment.
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Environmental Auditor verification identifying the Marshall Day 17 January 2018 predictive assessment.
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Environmental Auditor verification identifying the Marshall Day 17 January 2018 predictive assessment.
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Planning-stage predictive assessment released by DTP under FOI CS015466. Read with the separate peer-review custody record and later EPA, SLR and ARUP references.
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Explains the report, EPA reliance, later correspondence, the formal PCNA/verification distinction and the FOI status of any separate peer-review document.
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EPA expressly lists Sonus S5464C11 among the documents it used to assess compliance.
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Educational pathway linking the identified reports, peer review material, later technical correspondence and FOI decisions.
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Later technical correspondence referring to the June 2018 Sonus pre-construction assessment.
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Auditor correspondence referring to the Sonus predicted 35 dB(A) contour and receiver selection.
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Core regulatory documents

Ministerial planning permit forming part of the regulatory framework for the Lal Lal Wind Farm.
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Amended planning permit recording the operative planning framework and permit conditions.
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Endorsed operational noise compliance methodology prepared for the planning permit noise conditions.
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Redacted Noise Management Plan released through FOI and published as part of the documentary record.
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Victorian statutory regulations specifying matters relating to wind turbine noise from wind energy facilities, including relevant noise standards, post-construction noise assessment, noise management plans, annual statements, periodic monitoring and environmental auditor functions.
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Operational correspondence

Beneficiary operational and documentary enquiries

Selected correspondence concerning turbine commissioning, the K15aa updated background report and the 15 August 2024 operational noise complaint. Supporting logger material is published with the complaint record.

The Beneficiary asked what authority required notification of turbine commissioning dates or requested the final commissioning dates for Yendon and Elaine. The operator stated that its notifications and reports were completed in accordance with planning requirements and that it was not obliged to provide the requested information.
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Correspondence identifying the February 2021 SLR K15aa report, referring to the endorsed NCTP submission requirement and asking the operator to verify the report submitted to the Responsible Authority before operation.
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Contemporaneous complaint, follow-up correspondence and later operator response. The document records the operational observations, the reported family impact, the operator's stated wind data and the Beneficiary's question whether the on-site logger data formed part of the investigation.
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Contemporaneous image of the logger display at J14aa. The visible display records LAeq 47.8 dB, LAF90.0 45.6 dB, wind speed 1.2 m/s and wind direction 317° at approximately 3:34 am. Published as source material without technical conclusion.
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Contemporaneous video of the monitoring display associated with the operational event and complaint.
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Beneficiary notification to Trustee - Australian Acoustical Society complaint
2 August 2026 - redacted public copy; records the existence of the separate complaint for Trustee information only
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Professional clarification correspondence - 26 July to 5 August 2026
Trustee email chain recording the original Notice transmission, 29 July SAC update and 5 August forwarding of DTP's supplementary FOI clarification.
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DTP FOI CS019200 - Part 4 supplementary clarification
4 August 2026 - Department unable to locate documents responsive to Part 4 after relevant enquiries.
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Trustee administration

Trustee authority and notification

These documents identify the capacity in which LEWIS TROJAN HORSE PTY LTD publishes and maintains the Lal Lal Wind Farm Record. They also preserve the contemporaneous notification by which relevant parties were advised of the Trustee's authority and administration.

Documentary commentary: The Notice records that LEWIS TROJAN HORSE PTY LTD had been appointed and was acting as Trustee of the Owen Robert Inter Vivos Trust. It states that the Trustee administers existing and future rights, obligations, claims, correspondence and associated documentary material while preserving the Beneficiary's earlier dealings as part of the evidentiary record. The Notice states that it does not create new rights or vary the substance of existing arrangements.
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Documentary commentary: The covering email transmitted the Notice to Herbert Smith Freehills and copied identified recipients for contemporaneous notice. It explains that the communication was provided as a matter of record, did not assume current representation by the firm, and required no response at that stage.
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Documentary commentary: The Trustee sought documentary confirmation of the final turbine commissioning milestone referred to in regulatory correspondence. That milestone is a foundational chronological trigger for a number of permit obligations and later compliance activities.
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Documentary commentary: The Trustee asked whether Conditions 23–27 had been formally discharged or satisfied and, if so, requested the date and instrument recording that determination.
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Documentary commentary: Following receipt of third-party video and photographic material through the Beneficiary, the Trustee sought clarification concerning debris recovery, dispersion, surrounding land and waterways, authority notification and updated community information.
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Video supplied to the Beneficiary by a third party at 4:49 pm on 23 May 2026 and subsequently provided to the Trustee for documentary and administrative purposes.
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Documentary commentary: Third-party footage supplied to the Beneficiary on 27 August 2026 records the Y23 incident area 104 days after the 15 May blade failure. Substantial blade sections and dispersed smaller fragments remain visible in the recorded area.
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Documentary commentary: Annotated map supplied by the Beneficiary recording an approximate straight-line distance of 2.5 km between turbine Y23 and Lal Lal Reservoir. The map records proximity only and does not establish a drainage pathway.
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Documentary commentary: Trustee correspondence providing the earlier incident footage to EPA South West and Central Highlands Water and raising debris recovery, surrounding land, drainage lines, waterways, authority notification and environmental/public-health assessment. The correspondence expressly made no allegation or finding.
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Documentary commentary: Trustee follow-up to EPA South West 104 days after the incident, providing the later footage and seeking EPA's substantive position on inspection, clean-up, disposal, debris dispersion, drainage/receiving environments and outstanding remediation. The correspondence chain preserves EPA's 15 June statement that its role was ensuring appropriate disposal and clean-up. Public copy redacts only the Beneficiary's personal recipient email address from the embedded EPA reply.
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Foundational documents

Commenced the Trustee's public-interest administrative record. Executed 19 February 2026.
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Records the crystallisation of the administrative and evidentiary record as at 29 June 2026.
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Independent verification framework for mandatory requirements.
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Supplementary Public Interest Submission

Submitted to the Victorian Ombudsman on 6 July 2026 as the completed crystallised administrative and evidentiary record.

Covers the completed supplementary submission provided to the Victorian Ombudsman.
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Provides an overview of the completed administrative and evidentiary record.
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Identifies the documents comprising the supplementary public-interest submission.
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Records the development of the administrative record from 19 February 2026 to crystallisation.
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Records continuing operational correspondence maintained by the Trustee for chronology and continuity purposes.
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Supporting Record and Analytical Memoranda

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Supporting Record and Analytical Memorandum v1.0Version historyOpen PDF
Supporting Record and Analytical Memorandum v1.1Version historyOpen PDF
Supporting Record and Analytical Memorandum v1.2Version historyOpen PDF
Supporting Record and Analytical Memorandum v1.3Current consolidated versionOpen PDF

Annexes

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Annex AK15aa baseline integrity and regulatory relianceOpen PDF
Annex BSAC-01 Special Audible CharacteristicsOpen PDF
Annex B Version 1.1Supplementary SAC recordOpen PDF
Annex CEPA regulatory reliance recordOpen PDF
Annex DCross-agency custody recordOpen PDF
Annex D Version 1.1Cross-agency custody, administrative progression and relianceOpen PDF
Annex EPlanning permit amendment and regulatory transitionOpen PDF
Record principle

Documentary integrity

Original documents are published in their original form. The record explains their context but does not alter, annotate or highlight the underlying documents.

Government and regulatory records

Agency Records gateway

The Agency Records gateway organises public-authority correspondence, technical reliance and Freedom of Information material by agency. Documentary pathways for EPA Victoria, the Department of Transport and Planning, Moorabool Shire Council and the Australian Energy Infrastructure Commissioner are published.

Published gateway to the agency-record section, including published documentary pathways for EPA Victoria, the Department of Transport and Planning and Moorabool Shire Council.
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Noise Management Plan record

NMP source documents

Primary NMP, EPA correspondence, FOI decisions and Trustee permit-amendment correspondence.

Lal Lal Wind Farm Noise Management Plan — Version 3.0
18 October 2022 · Project No. 0467385
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EPA NMP correspondence set
31 January 2024 to 4 February 2025
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Trustee notice to DTP — NMP clarification
22 June 2026 · permit amendment pathway
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Operational visual record

Shadow Flicker

Planning extracts, Beneficiary video evidence, incident correspondence and Trustee administrative follow-up.

SLR Public Information Session — K15aa noise-limit excerpt
Public information-session excerpt recording Gustaf Reuterswärd's explanation that the NCTP did not include a K15aa noise limit and that SLR subsequently monitored K15aa and derived a limit. Published as independently existing public source material; it is not a professional-body finding.
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Professional standards

Professional Standards & Complaints Pathways — public source record

The formal AAS and AAAC complaints are not published. The public source set is confined to independently existing professional clarification correspondence, procedural notices, professional-body constitutions, codes and published complaints procedures.

The dedicated Professional Standards page provides the reading pathway and separates the Beneficiary's private-capacity AAS pathway from the Trustee's AAAC pathway.