Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My understanding from the information we have is that, no, there was no contact about any of the particular titles from the Department of the Environment or any of its agencies in regards to this issue prior to it being revealed to us as a government lease in December last year. I should also add that all of the activities that have occurred in these offshore areas under the petroleum titles issue have continued to remain compliant with the conditions and restrictions placed on those activities in these areas as it is now regulated by NOPSEMA and it was regulated by the joint authority before NOPSEMA was put into place. But we are not aware of the Department of the Environment or anyone else otherwise raising this issue to do with renewals and extensions of petroleum titles with us prior to December last year.