Bill
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Petroleum Pools and Other Measures) Bill 2016
passed, as at 2017-02-22. Industry, Innovation and Science portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industry, Innovation and Science
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2016-11-07
- second reading — 2016-11-07
- third reading — 2016-11-07
- introduced — 2016-11-08
- second reading — 2016-11-08
- second reading — 2017-02-07
- second reading — 2017-02-08
- second reading — 2017-02-08
- committee — 2017-02-08
- third reading — 2017-02-08
- passed — 2017-02-08
- royal assent — 2017-02-22
Divisions
- The majority voted to agree with the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5714)'s main idea, which means the bill can now be discussed in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to [read the bill for a second time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ### Main idea of the bill The bill is rather technical. According to the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd023), its purpose is to: * *clarify apportionment arrangements relating to certain petroleum deposits that straddle state and Commonwealth jurisdictions*; and * *ensure the capacity of the [National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Offshore_Petroleum_Safety_and_Environmental_Management_Authority) (NOPSEMA) to refund fees paid to it where necessary*. — 2017-02-08, Senate: affirmative, ayes 48, noes 8
- Nick Xenophon I moved a second reading amendment calling on the government: … to make further amendments to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 to improve competitive tension in the retention lease approval process in order to facilitate the earliest possible commercialisation of the exploration licence area and increase the gas supply to the Australian market. That was opposed by the government, but I understand that the minister will set out his reasons. I apologise for the fact that Senator Moore indicated that the opposition was supporting the second reading amendment. I am very grateful for that support. To Senator Moore I say: I didn't hear it. I put that down to the Elvis Costello concert I went to in 1977, where I lost a bit of my hearing and I have never got it back. I am very grateful for the support of the opposition in relation to this, because it is a commonsense second reading amendment. I would be grateful if the government would indicate what its views are on this, because there is particularly in Bass Strait seven trillion cubic feet, potentially, of gas that could really do something to alleviate our energy crisis in this country. Matthew Canavan I am happy to clarify the government's position on this. I apologise for not getting the opportunity before the second reading amendment was moved. It is a very important issue that Senator Xenophon has raised, and the government recognises that. We of course did not support your second reading amendment, Senator Xenophon. We do already have a review of our offshore petroleum resource management process in place, which includes and encompasses an examination of the retention lease framework. Consultation on that review was completed late last year, around November. I am working with my department to respond to that sometime this year, and I am more than happy to work with Senator Xenophon on that issue. It is a very important issue. There is a balance that we need to strike in that f — 2017-02-08, Senate: affirmative, ayes 48, noes 8
- The majority voted to pass the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5714) in the Senate. Since the bill had already passed in the House of Representatives, it will now become law. In parliamentary jargon, the Members of Parliament (MPs) voted to [read the bill for a third time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ### What does the bill do? The bill is rather technical. According to the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd023), its purpose is to: * *clarify apportionment arrangements relating to certain petroleum deposits that straddle state and Commonwealth jurisdictions*; and * *ensure the capacity of the [National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Offshore_Petroleum_Safety_and_Environmental_Management_Authority) (NOPSEMA) to refund fees paid to it where necessary*. — 2017-02-08, Senate: affirmative, ayes 39, noes 9
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