Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. The powers that the Commonwealth has in relation to this matter are confined to matters of national environment significance under the relevant EPBC Act, and I will make a determination on whether there are any impacts on matters of national environment significance in assessment of that particular proposal.

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