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

It does partially, but I will seek some clarification. I appreciate the comments around the review of the response plan. However, as I understand it, that would be a review of that particular response rather than of whether the response plan was suited to the nature of the particular incident. We have not had an incident in recent history like the current one in terms of its remoteness and ongoing nature. We have not had a blow-out of that particular nature since 1984, as I understand it. With all due respect to the minister, he did not address the issue of whether this is seen by the government as the only investigation that will take place into this incident. I am not reassured that the potential environmental impacts of the incident, the coordination, management and effectiveness of the response across government and jurisdictions, and the resource management implications of the incident will be reviewed in relation to all the issues that we are concerned about. Can and will those issues be considered under the provisions currently before us, or is the government planning to do some other form of review? To date I am not confident that these issues can and will be considered under the provisions as they stand in the amendments proposed in the bill.