Senate debates

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Documents

Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Order for the Production of Documents

4:30 pm

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

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, by no later than 5 pm on 6 February 2024, the following documents:

(a) all correspondence between the Minister's office and the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) relating to the Barossa gas project following the 2022 Federal election; and

(b) all correspondence between the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and NOPSEMA relating to the Barossa gas project following the 2022 Federal election.

Question agreed to.

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, by no later than 5 pm on 6 February 2024, the following documents:

(a) all records of plugged and abandoned wells in Commonwealth waters; and

(b) all records of plugged and abandoned wells that are leaking in Commonwealth waters.

Question agreed to.