Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Am I to understand from that answer that the reason that decision was overturned was so that Woodside was able to go and explore to find gas, not because Woodside was able to demonstrate that seismic work does not have an impact on the green turtles? Could the minister please answer the question: why did they overturn their initial decision? Also, is the minister aware of the impact that seismic surveying has on small cetaceans, smaller marine fauna and fish? What follow-up studies is the department doing to look at the mortality and morbidity of these species?