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claimOfficial Queensland Budget papers are the authoritative source for FY2026-27 fiscal figures

claimStandard atmospheric pressure is defined as exactly 101325 pascals (Pa).

claimThe 2026-27 Queensland Budget publishes a GGS net operating balance deficit of $6,176 million.

claimThe budget.qld.gov.au snapshot table matches Budget Strategy and Outlook Table 2.1 for GGS net operating balance

claimParentheses in the Queensland Budget key fiscal aggregates table denote a deficit

claimQueensland Treasury Budget 2026-27 key fiscal aggregates table is the authoritative published figure for GGS net operating balance

claimQLD General Government operating statement, FY2026-27 — AI forecast, pre-registered before the 23 Jun 2026 release.

claimQLD General Government operating statement, FY2025-26 — released budget.

claimQLD General Government operating statement, FY2024-25 — reconstructed from public data (7/9 lines within ±10% of audited).

claimJapan's JOGMEC operates a 60-day strategic stockpile of rare metals under METI policy

claimThe EU Critical Raw Materials Act (Regulation 2024/1252) sets binding 2030 benchmarks for extraction, processing and recycling

claimThe Quad Critical and Emerging Technology Working Group coordinates critical-minerals supply-chain diversification among its members

claimThe 2023 Australia-US Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Compact designates Australia a domestic source under DPA Title III

claimChina accounts for about 70 percent of global rare-earth mine production per USGS data

claimUSGS reports recent Chinese antimony mine production near 40,000 tonnes of a global total near 83,000 tonnes

claimThe USGS Critical Minerals List identifies 50 non-fuel minerals essential to US economic and national security

claimAustralia's Critical Minerals Strategy 2023-2030 is accompanied by a Critical Minerals List naming 31 critical minerals

claimThe Buy American Act 1933 (41 USC 8301-8305) requires federal agencies to prefer domestic end products in procurement

claimThe IRA conditions the IRC s 30D clean-vehicle credit on critical minerals sourced from the US or a free-trade-agreement partner

claimCFIUS reviews foreign acquisitions of US businesses in critical technology, critical infrastructure or sensitive personal data

claimDPA Title III (50 USC 4531-4533) authorises federal funding to expand domestic industrial capacity for defence-essential materials

claimCalifornia SMARA requires an approved reclamation plan and financial assurance for surface-mining operations

claimThe DFARS specialty-metals clause bars DoD end items containing specialty metals not melted or produced in the US or a qualifying country

claimBLM 43 CFR 3809 requires an approved Plan of Operations for commercial hardrock mining on federal land

claimNEPA (42 USC 4321 et seq) requires an Environmental Impact Statement for major federal actions significantly affecting the human environment

claimEAR (15 CFR 730-774) controls US dual-use exports through ECCN classification on the Commerce Control List

claimITAR (22 CFR 120-130) controls the export of US Munitions List defence articles, services and technical data

claimThe NSLA (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018 (Cth) inserted foreign-interference offences into the Criminal Code 1995

claimThe Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 (Cth) authorises Australia's targeted financial, travel and sectoral sanctions

claimThe WMD (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995 (Cth) prohibits supplying goods or services suspected to serve a WMD programme

claimThe Safeguards Act 1987 (Cth) implements Australia's obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

claimAUKUS Pillar 2 is the trilateral framework for advanced-capability technology transfer between Australia, the UK and the US

claimCustoms Act 1901 (Cth) s 112 criminalises the unauthorised export of DSGL-listed goods from Australia

claimJORC Code 2012 mandates Competent Person sign-off for public mineral resource statements by ASX-listed companies

claimASX Listing Rules require immediate disclosure of information a reasonable person would expect to materially affect a security's price

claimAcquiring an Australian business in a listed critical-technology sector requires FIRB notification under FATA s 55B regardless of value

claimDISP membership is the minimum security accreditation for industry access to classified Defence information and contracts

claimThe Defence and Strategic Goods List enumerates the goods and technology whose export from Australia requires a permit

claimThe Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 (Cth) requires a permit for the supply of DSGL-listed technology out of Australia

claimBethania Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimBeenleigh Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimThe Logan Planning Scheme is the statutory local planning instrument for Logan City made under chapter 2 of the Planning Act 2016 (Qld). It contains the strategic framework, zones, overlays (including Flood Hazard, Bushfire Hazard, Heritage and Neighbourhood Character), and the codes that apply to development applications in Logan City.

claimThe State Planning Policy (SPP), made by the Minister under section 10 of the Planning Act 2016 (Qld) as a State planning instrument (s 8(2)(a)), expresses the State's planning interests as policies that local planning schemes must reflect and that assessment managers must apply when there is no compliant local planning scheme provision.

claimThe Queensland Faster Rail Program is the State infrastructure program upgrading the SEQ rail corridor between Brisbane, Logan (Beenleigh), and the Gold Coast. The program is delivered by the Department of Transport and Main Roads under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 (Qld) and is co-ordinated with the Faster Rail Australia Federal Government partnership.

claimTrinder Park Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimWoodridge Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimShapingSEQ 2023 is the statutory regional plan for South East Queensland, made by the Minister under section 10 of the Planning Act 2016 (Qld) on 12 December 2023 and in effect from 15 December 2023.

claimKingston Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimKuraby Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimLoganlea Station is in scope for the QLD Faster Rail Program. The Department of Transport and Main Roads has published the station upgrade and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) catchment that informs Logan City Council's planning scheme overlays for parcels within ~400m (Core TOD) and ~800m (Frame TOD) of the station.

claimThe State Development Assessment Provisions (SDAP) is the statutory instrument under section 26(2) of the Planning Regulation 2017 that the State (or the State as referral agency) applies when assessing development against state interests.