Document Sources¶

Understanding the regulatory documents available in GreenGovRAG

See Reference: Data Sources for the complete catalog of available documents.

Overview¶

GreenGovRAG indexes Australian environmental and planning regulations from multiple jurisdictions:

Federal: EPBC Act, NGER, emissions reporting
State: NSW, VIC, SA, QLD planning and environment legislation
Local: Council planning schemes and development controls
Industry: ESG reporting frameworks (ISSB, TCFD, SASB)

Document Categories¶

Legislation¶

Primary laws and acts: - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) - National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER) - State environment protection acts - Planning and development acts

Guidelines and Policies¶

Regulatory guidance: - NGER Technical Guidelines - EPBC Referral Guidelines - State-specific assessment guidelines - Council development control plans

Reporting Standards¶

Emissions and ESG frameworks: - ISSB Climate Standards (IFRS S1, S2) - TCFD Recommendations - SASB Standards - National Greenhouse Accounts

Viewing Available Documents¶

API Endpoint¶

curl http://localhost:8000/api/documents \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-secret-key-here"

Response:

{
  "documents": [
    {
      "id": "epbc-act-2024",
      "title": "Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999",
      "jurisdiction": "Federal",
      "document_type": "legislation",
      "last_updated": "2024-01-15",
      "chunk_count": 1523,
      "coverage": ["biodiversity", "heritage", "water", "land"]
    }
  ],
  "total": 42
}

Filter by Jurisdiction¶

curl "http://localhost:8000/api/documents?jurisdiction=NSW" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-secret-key-here"

Filter by Type¶

curl "http://localhost:8000/api/documents?type=guidelines" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-secret-key-here"

Document Metadata¶

Each document includes:

Field	Description
`title`	Official document title
`jurisdiction`	Federal, State (NSW, VIC, etc.), or Local
`document_type`	legislation, guidelines, standards, scheme
`authority`	Publishing authority
`last_updated`	Date of last amendment/update
`coverage`	Topic tags (emissions, biodiversity, etc.)
`chunk_count`	Number of searchable chunks
`lga`	Applicable Local Government Areas

Adding Documents¶

For contributors looking to add new document sources, see:

Data Sovereignty¶

All documents are stored and processed in Australia (ap-southeast-2 region) to comply with data sovereignty requirements.

See Reference: Data Sources for sovereignty details.