Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

I do not have, and nor do I think I should be expected to have, all of the details of the consultation process that was undertaken. I think that is a reasonable position that I can and should take. I will say that, for every activity authorised under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act, an environmental management plan is required, which would obviously deal with the issues that we are talking about. As I have said before, these requirements are set out in regulations made under the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) (Management of Environment) Regulations 1999. As I have said, the amendments to the management of environment regulations were entirely agreed upon by all stakeholders, including the WWF and the ACF.