Publicly available groundwater data have been compiled to provide a common information base to inform environmental, resource development and regulatory decisions in the Galilee Basin region. This data guide gives examples of how these data can be used. The data package included with this data guide captures existing knowledge of Galilee Basin aquifers and their properties, including salinity, water levels, resource size, potential aquifer yield and surface water - groundwater interactions. The methods used to derive these data for all Galilee Basin aquifers in the Galilee Basin region are outlined in the associated metadata files. These are described in groundwater conceptual models (Hostetler et al., 2023). The Galilee Basin includes 3 broadly defined aquifer intervals: from deepest to shallowest, these are the Joe Joe Group, Betts Creek beds and Clematis aquifers. Compiled data have been assigned to these intervals and used to characterise groundwater systems at the basin scale. The data were compiled for a point-in-time to inform decisions on potential resource developments in the Basin. The available historical groundwater data can be used to assess the potential effects on groundwater. The data can also be used for other purposes, such as exploring unallocated groundwater resource potential. Data to January 2022 were used for this compilation.

Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, and environmental and regulatory decisions in the Cooper Basin. This data guide gives examples of how these data can be used to create the components of a workflow to identify geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) opportunities. The data guide is designed to support the data package that provide insights on the geological storage of CO2 in the Cooper Basin. The geological storage of CO2 assessment for the Cooper Basin encompasses 4 of the 6 geological intervals, termed plays – these intervals have been defined by Wainman et al. (2023). The assessment captures data from the Great Artesian Basin geological and hydrogeological surfaces update (Vizy and Rollet, 2022), Cooper Region Shale, tight and deep coal gas prospectivity of the Cooper Basin (Lech et al., 2020) (GBA), Cooper Basin architecture and lithofacies: Regional hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Cooper Basin (Hall et al., 2015) (CBAL), National Geoscience Mapping Accord Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia, seismic mapping data sets (NGMA, 2002), Queensland Petroleum Exploration Database (QPED) from the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) Open Data Portal (2020a), and the Petroleum Exploration and Production System of South Australia (PEPS, 2021) along with the scientific literature to inform the 4 components required for a potential geological storage of CO2 system. These datasets are used to map out geological properties relevant for geological storage of CO2 assessments. From these datasets, the following properties have been evaluated and mapped across the basin: injectivity, storage efficiency, containment and structural complexity. The data are compiled at a point in time to inform decisions on resource development opportunities. The data guide outlines the play-based workflow for assessing geological storage of CO2 prospectivity. Each of the elements required for a working geological storage of CO2 system is explained and mapped. These data were then merged and spatially multiplied to show the relative assessment of geological storage of CO2 prospectivity across the basin, at both play interval and basin scale. As an example of assessments contained within the data package, this data guide showcases the geological storage of CO2 prospectivity the Toolachee Play interval.

Publicly available baseline surface water data are compiled to provide a common information base for resource development and regulatory decisions in the north Bowen Basin region. This data guide captures existing knowledge of the catchments and watercourses overlying the north Bowen Basin, including streamflow quality and quantity, inundation and climatological data. Most of the north Bowen Basin falls to the east of the Great Dividing Range within the Fitzroy River catchment. The basin also includes part of the Burdekin River catchment and small parts of the coastal catchments of Styx and Burnett river catchments. The data on the catchments overlying the north Bowen Basin have been summarised at a point in time to inform decisions on resource development activities. Key data sources are available from the Water Monitoring Information Portal (Queensland Government), Water Data Online (Bureau of Meteorology), DEA Water Observations (Geoscience Australia) and Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network.

Publicly available geological data in the north Bowen Basin region are compiled to produce statements of existing knowledge for natural hydrogen, hydrogen storage, coal and mineral occurrences. This web service summarises potential mineral, natural hydrogen, coal and carbon dioxide geological storage in the north Bowen Basin region.

Publicly available geology data are compiled to provide a common information base for resource development and regulatory decisions in the Cooper Basin region. This data guide gives examples of how the compiled data can be used. It supports a data package that presents core photographs, existing knowledge of the stratigraphy, and structural elements for the Cooper Basin and the overlying Simpson, Eromanga and Lake Eyre basins. Stratigraphic frameworks capture the geological groups and formations that make up the sedimentary sequence in the Cooper Basin region. The Cooper Basin includes 2 stratigraphic groups. From deepest to shallowest, these are the Gidgealpa Group and the Nappamerri Group. The overlying Cuddapan Formation is considered part of the Simpson Basin instead of the Cooper Basin. Overlying the Cooper Basin are the geological formations of the Eromanga and Lake Eyre basins. The frameworks include the stratigraphic intervals used by the Trusted Environmental and Geological Information (TEGI) Program. From the base of the Cooper Basin to the top of the Lake Eyre Basin, the sedimentary sequence is categorised into 16 play intervals for resource assessment mapping and 9 hydrostratigraphic intervals for characterising groundwater systems (Wainman et al., 2023). Structural elements maps summarise where the sedimentary sequence has been deposited and later deformed by crustal movements. Structure information is used in assessing the geological potential for resources and interpreting groundwater flow and connectivity at the basin scale. The stratigraphic frameworks and structural elements provide the basic geological context for the Cooper Basin region geological, resource and environmental assessments.

Publicly available groundwater data have been compiled to provide a common information base to inform environmental, resource development and regulatory decisions in the north Bowen Basin region. This web service summarises salinity, water levels, resource size, and surface water–groundwater interactions for the north Bowen Basin located within the north Bowen Basin region.

Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, and environmental and regulatory decisions in the north Bowen Basin. This web service summarises the geological storage of carbon dioxide prospectivity of the north Bowen Basin.

Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, and environmental and regulatory decisions in the Cooper Basin. This web service summarises the geological storage of carbon dioxide prospectivity of the Cooper Basin.

Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, and environmental and regulatory decisions in the Cooper Basin. This web service summarises the geological storage of carbon dioxide prospectivity of the Cooper Basin.

Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, environmental and regulatory decisions in the north Bowen Basin. This web service summarises tight gas, shale resources and coal seam gas prospectivity of the north Bowen Basin.