Bill
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Fight for Australia’s Coastline) Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Whish-Wilson
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-11-29
- second reading — 2021-11-29
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-11-29.
This bill would end petroleum exploration and extraction in three offshore regions along Australia's coast.
It would stop the Joint Authority and the Titles Administrator from considering or granting any new titles or applications in those regions.
The two existing permits would expire two months after the bill becomes law, and a pending application would be barred from consideration.
- Cancels the PEP11 and King Island exploration permits.
- Prohibits any consideration of the Otway Basin application.
- Bans the Joint Authority from inviting or granting new petroleum titles in these areas.
- Bans the Titles Administrator from granting certain petroleum-related leases and licenses.
Oil and gas companies holding permits, applicants for new titles, and the government bodies that manage offshore petroleum titles.
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