Senate debates Documents
Department of Industry, Science and Resources; Order for the Production of Documents
Pauline Hanson Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party
3:45 pm
I move:
That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Resources, by no later than 10 am on Tuesday, 17 September 2024, the expert analysis of the viability of the Laminaria and Carollinea oil fields used by the Australian Government to decide to decommission the Northern Endeavour facility and remediate the Laminaria-Corallina oil fields and infrastructure.
Katy Gallagher ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service
3:46 pm
I seek leave to make a short statement.
Katy Gallagher ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service
The government will be opposing this motion. The decision to decommission the Northern Endeavour was a decision taken by the former government in 2021. It may be the case that the former government's decision to decommission the Northern Endeavour was informed by expert analysis, but we don't have access to advice provided to the former government and no documentation of the type described has been furnished to the Minister for Resources, the Hon. Madeleine King MP. We oppose the motion on that basis.
Sue Lines President
The question is that general business notice of motion No. 604, standing in the name of Senator Hanson, be agreed to.