Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, this follows Minister Hunt visiting the area and listening to the concerns of farmers, Indigenous leaders and others—wanting to ensure those concerns are respected and responded to by ensuring we provide the best available scientific information in relation to assessing this project under the national environmental laws. The minister's recent request for additional advice from the IESC in relation to the Watermark project is to ensure we have that most up-to-date scientific information. I am advised that the advice provided by the IESC—and this is directly relevant to your question, Senator Wang—in 2013 did meet the legal requirements for seeking advice under the EPBC Act.