# Shaun Meredith Head of Approvals and Heritage (selected roster: Head of Environment and Heritage) ## Career chronology - **From March 2024; exact day not established: BCI Minerals / Mardie Minerals** — Head of Environment and Heritage; current BCI page says Head of Approvals and Heritage. [BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report]() (p.19); [Leadership]() (Shaun Meredith biography); [MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2023–18 October 2024]() (authorised signature) - **2019–February 2023 in EPA/DWER; exact sub-role dates limited: WA Department of Water and Environmental Regulation / EPA Services** — Environmental assessment and executive roles; Executive Director of Green Energy from February 2023. [Estimates and Financial Operations Committee hearing, 15 June 2023]() (committee response) - **2017–2019: WA Minister for Environment's office** — Ministerial adviser. [Estimates and Financial Operations Committee hearing, 15 June 2023]() (committee response) ## Environmental record ### BCI's compliance report records a marine-fauna piling non-compliance during his tenure [meredith_marine_nc] 25 March–1 April 2025 · issuer reported · high materiality BCI's MS 1211 report says piling recommenced on 25 March 2025 before observers had confirmed a manta ray had moved outside the exclusion zone. The report marked the condition non-compliant and says the incident was reported to DWER and DCCEEW on 1 April but not DBCA. The report separately marks a marine-fauna reporting condition non-compliant. Meredith joined BCI in March 2024 and the company later lists him as its environmental/approvals leader; no source connects him to the field decision. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Role and period overlap in environmental approvals, but field action was not attributed to Meredith; no personal violation or negligence is established. **Relevance:** Material to his current oversight remit; subsequent monitoring and corrective actions are company-reported. [MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2024–30 September 2025]() (pp.27–29); [Leadership]() (current role); [BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report]() (p.19) ### DCCEEW recorded paid Mardie environmental infringements [meredith_epbc_notices] 2024–15 December 2025 · documented · high materiality The Department's register lists two paid 2024 Mardie notices for operations before required plans were approved and a paid December 2025 notice for violating a marine-fauna stop-order condition. The 2024 events include conduct before Meredith's March 2024 appointment; the later event followed his appointment. Payment of the unwithdrawn notices does not constitute conviction. The reviewed sources do not link him personally to the conduct. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. Company/project notices overlap only in part with his tenure; no individual enforcement action or causation is established. **Relevance:** Material regulatory context for the executive responsible for approvals/environmental processes. [EPBC Act infringement notices register]() (2024 and 2025 register entries; payment/conviction explanation); [Leadership]() (current role) ### Earlier possible algal-mat impacts were not explicitly closed out in the reports reviewed [meredith_algal_followup] 2024–2025 CARs · disputed · medium materiality BCI's 2023–24 CAR identified potential non-compliance after algal-mat habitat near the temporary access track was impacted and reported to DWER. The 2024–25 CAR later marked related boundaries compliant and said no long-term loss of algal mat had been identified, but the sources reviewed did not expressly state that the earlier potential finding was formally closed by a regulator. **Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The possible impact was reported during Meredith's tenure, but the 2024–25 CAR indicates later compliant boundaries; no personal act is established. **Relevance:** Preserves the unresolved closure status of a material environmental issue in the function he leads. [MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2023–18 October 2024]() (p.18; benthic community outcomes); [MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2024–30 September 2025]() (pp.23–25; benthic outcomes) ## Governance and interests ### He signed a delegated annual compliance assessment [meredith_delegate_reporting] CAR signed 18 January 2025; report filed 19 January 2025 · documented · medium materiality The 2023–24 MS 1211 CAR says it was signed by Dr Meredith, who was authorised by BCI's CEO to sign. It reported a December 2023 seawater release before approval, which preceded his March 2024 BCI appointment, and potential environmental issues during the later period. His signature documents the reporting/delegation role; it does not show involvement in the underlying December 2023 release. **Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The source connects him to the act of signing the report, not to the pre-appointment incident; a later CAR's reporting findings are company-reported. **Relevance:** Shows delegated compliance-accountability responsibilities and the need to distinguish reporting from operational responsibility. [MS 1211 Compliance Assessment Report, 19 October 2023–18 October 2024]() (signature and pp.18–19; reporting condition) ### Current website and selected roster use different titles [meredith_title] FY26 report to 1 November 2026 · documented · medium materiality The selected V8 roster lists Head of Environment and Heritage; the current BCI leadership page lists Head of Approvals and Heritage. The FY26 annual report uses the earlier title. No dated appointment/title-change notice was located, so the effective date and exact title transition remain unknown. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a title/documentation discrepancy; it is not an adverse conduct finding. **Relevance:** Relevant to current role reconciliation and accountability mapping. [BCI Minerals FY26 Annual Report]() (p.19); [Leadership]() (current Shaun Meredith title) ## Suitability for the current role ### Environmental assessment background and scientific qualifications match the approvals role [meredith_background] Career through cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality BCI reports more than 20 years' experience across state government, research and universities, a PhD developed with CSIRO and QUT, a master's degree and undergraduate/honours degrees. WA Parliament records his ministerial adviser and EPA/DWER history. Qualifications and professional standing were not verified directly with institutions or employers. **Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. BCI and Parliament records support the roles/qualifications described; this review did not assess the quality of individual regulatory decisions. **Relevance:** Directly relevant experience for approvals, heritage and environmental-risk oversight. [Leadership]() (Shaun Meredith biography); [Estimates and Financial Operations Committee hearing, 15 June 2023]() (committee response) ## Evidence gaps - The effective date and documentation for the title change from Head of Environment and Heritage to Head of Approvals and Heritage are unknown. - The final regulator closure status for the earlier potential algal-mat finding and the complete corrective-action records for marine-fauna non-compliances were not located. - No source connects Meredith personally to the field piling decision or the 2025 EPBC infringement; his responsibilities for those events are not established beyond role overlap and a documented delegated report signature. - Degrees and professional standing were not independently verified; no exhaustive criminal, sanctions, court or regulator-history search was performed.