Bill
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Fight for Australia’s Coastline) Bill 2022
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- Whish-Wilson
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-08-04
- second reading — 2022-08-04
- second reading — 2023-02-09
- other — 2025-07-21
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 2022-08-04.
This bill would cancel three petroleum exploration permits and prohibit future petroleum exploration in three offshore areas.
The Joint Authority, made up of state and Commonwealth ministers, would be barred from granting or considering any new permits, leases, or licenses for these areas.
The cancellations and prohibitions would take effect two months after the bill receives Royal Assent.
- Cancels Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 in the Sydney Basin (PEP11) and permit T/49P at King Island.
- Prohibits granting any application for V21-3 at the Otway Basin.
- Bans future petroleum exploration or exploitation in all three areas.
- Stops the Joint Authority from considering or continuing applications for PEP11 or King Island.
- Prevents the Joint Authority from inviting applications for permits over the three areas.
- Blocks the Joint Authority or Titles Administrator from granting various petroleum-related titles.
Holders of petroleum exploration permits in the Sydney Basin, King Island, and Otway Basin, including Asset Energy Pty Ltd, ConocoPhillips Australia SH1 Pty Ltd, and their joint venture partners.
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