Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Whish-Wilson, I move:

(1) That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources and Water, by no later than 8 December 2021, the following documents:

(a) the updated interested stakeholder list that is used for targeted communication in respect of Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Releases;

(b) the targeted communication sent to interested stakeholders in respect of the 2021 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release for Bonaparte and Browse, Northern Carnarvon, Otway and Sorell, and Gippsland Basins; and

(c) the minutes, agendas and correspondence, and any other documentation pertaining to the meetings and workshops held with stakeholders in respect of the facilitated engagement between the offshore petroleum industry and commercial fishing industry (as outlined in the Government response to the Environment and Communications References Committee report Making waves: The impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment).

(2) If the Senate is not sitting when the documents are ready for presentation, the documents are to be presented to the President under standing order 166.

Question agreed to.