Senate debates

Thursday, 14 September 2023

Bills

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Domestic Reserve) Bill 2023; Second Reading

9:16 am

Photo of Karen GroganKaren Grogan (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

As well as yelling across the chamber, One Nation talks about reserving gas for domestic purposes. The reality is that this bill won't have an impact on the domestic gas supply. It targets the petroleum fields in Commonwealth waters off New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia where there are currently no producing projects, so therefore it will have absolutely no impact whatsoever. I think that's about all we need to say here. This is not a useful bill. It will not do what it purports to do and it will have no material impact whatsoever on the supply of domestic gas in Australia.

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