By Hamish Hastie
The note was dated three days before an interview with Watt published in The Daily Telegraph saw the new environment minister talk up the public consultation he would undertake in his role.
鈥淚 think the more transparent we can be, the more open to ideas and suggestions we can be, it maximises the chances of building the community鈥檚 confidence in the decisions that you make,鈥 Watt said at the time.
Watt gave conditional approval to the extension subject to conditions around management of the risk of emissions on the nearby Murujuga rock art gallery on May 28.
The conditions were meant to be made public 10 days from that date, but Watt extended that timeline.