Zali Steggall (Warringah, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

To the Prime Minister: the government's economically short-sighted obsession with a gas-led recovery is currently going so far as to consider supporting an exploration licence for gas off the east coast from Newcastle to Manly, known as PEP 11. The adjacent coastal area has a gross regional product of over $50 billion, much of which is from tourism. PEP 11 could put all that at risk and is opposed in all communities along the coast, including in the government's own member for Mackellar's electorate. Will you rule out gas exploration and gas rigs being approved by your government off our coast?

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