Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Xenophon, I have some information here. I have to be frank with you—the issue is in Minister Garrett’s decision. I have a background note here. As a caveat to what I am about to say, I am not sure these are the exact words of the condition. So I will give you these words and then we can give you further information if it appears that this is summarised in any way. Part 4 of what I have in front of me reads as follows:

The person taking the action—

that is EPBC Act language—

must provide by August each year an annual report on the compliance with these conditions, including the results of all EPBC listed surveys and environmental monitoring undertaken, independent audited reports of water savings achieved and the amount of water allocated for extraction, any adaptive management, any remedial actions taken and the effectiveness of measures implemented to mitigate the impact on EPBC listed species.

I may not be able to get you confirmation tonight, Senator, if those words are not correct, but I will attempt to do so. That is what I have here.