Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. In relation to these potential domestic applicants—and this legislation, which allows the trans-border transport or processing of pollution from other countries into Australian offshore geological formations—you mentioned that any potential export permit—or maybe not a permit but any agreement—with, for example, the Timor government would require a bilateral memorandum of understanding. What work has been done on the regulation of domestic importers of pollution? In particular, how does this sea-dumping legislation that we're passing today—in relation to the London protocol—interact with the EPBC Act as it stands now? How does it impact with the OPGGS Act that NOPSEMA and others are covered by? What information can you give us today on how this is going to work for domestic projects importing pollution?