AN application under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), to discover what has become of the Federal Government grant of $990,150.00 to fund the design of a hydrogen powered electricity grid to a community group on the Daintree Coast, has been refused. 

The grant from the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources was awarded without any tender process or terms of reference, to the group calling itself Daintree Renewable Energy (DRE). The grant money was to prepare a ‘shovel ready’ proposal by July last year. No such proposals have been released. Read more