Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Whish-Wilson. I obviously wasn't present with the Prime Minister when he made that visit. I was in a range of other places across Australia last week, but not there. But I'm confident that the Prime Minister will have reiterated the position that I've put, which is that we have received advice from NOPTA, the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator. Departments, including those in this government, are now reviewing this advice and we'll make a decision on PEP-11 once the New South Wales government minister has considered NOPTA's advice and made a formal decision on PEP-11. Beyond that, it's not our intention to provide an ongoing commentary.