Data Sources Federal Sources Source Type URL EPBC Act Legislation https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C2004A00485 Environment Protection Australia Reform updates https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/epbc/epbc-act-reform National Construction Code Building standards https://ncc.abcb.gov.au/ Clean Energy Regulator Emissions guidelines https://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/ Energy Infrastructure Commissioner Wind/solar rules https://www.aeic.gov.au/
State Sources South Australia Source URL Planning & Design Code https://code.plan.sa.gov.au/ Property Location Browser https://location.sa.gov.au/viewer/ Environment Protection Authority https://www.epa.sa.gov.au/ Native Vegetation Council https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/topics/native-vegetation
New South Wales Source URL Planning Portal https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/ Biodiversity Offsets Scheme https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/biodiversity-offsets-scheme EIA Guidance https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/policy-and-legislation/environmental-impact-assessment
Victoria Source URL Planning Schemes Online https://planning-schemes.app.planning.vic.gov.au/ Environment Resources https://www.environment.vic.gov.au/
Queensland Source URL State Development Assessment https://planning.dsdmip.qld.gov.au/ Environmental Offsets Policy https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/
Local Government Sources Council Resources URL City of Adelaide Planning overlays, zoning https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au Port Adelaide Enfield Sustainability plans, DCPs https://www.cityofpae.sa.gov.au Greater Sydney LGAs Development Control Plans https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au City of Melbourne ESD guidelines https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au Brisbane City Council Local planning codes https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au
Geospatial Data Dataset Type Source ABS Boundaries LGA/SA2 shapefiles https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/mapping/geo-boundaries Data.gov.au Biodiversity, land use https://data.gov.au National Map Zoning, climate overlays https://nationalmap.gov.au/
Data Sovereignty Compliance Requirements Action Required for AU Sovereignty Use AU-hosted cloud (AWS SYD, Azure AU) Required Avoid OpenAI API for production Recommended Encrypt + tag regulatory data Required Use sovereign LLM or local inference Required for gov/council use
Data Sovereignty by Layer Layer Impact Recommendation Document Storage Gov policy documents Host in AU regions LLM Inference Query data may leave AU Use Bedrock AU or local LLM Vector Database Embeddings of sensitive data Keep in AU if unpublished data Geospatial Metadata Property/region coordinates Keep within jurisdiction User Query Logs Potentially sensitive Treat as personal data
Best Practices 1. Use Australian Data Centers - AWS: Sydney region (ap-southeast-2) - Azure: Australia East/Southeast regions - Deploy ECS/Fargate or Container Apps in AU
2. Use Sovereign LLMs - AWS Bedrock (Claude in AU region) - Local HuggingFace models (Mistral, Phi-2) - AU sovereign options: Indigai, Mycelium, RedCloud AI
3. Data Classification - Tag: public/restricted/internal - Use IAM, S3 encryption, audit logs - RDS encryption with KMS keys
4. Avoid Data Leakage - Pseudonymise query logs - Don't persist raw queries without consent - Use PostgreSQL TDE or RDS encryption
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