The bill also includes:
“NOPSEMA (regulator for off-shore renewables) approved actions:
The Reform Bill would amend EPBC Act to allow the Minister to declare that offshore projects do not require separate approval under the EPBC Act, if the Minister is satisfied that the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (OPGGS Act) and OPGGS Environment Regulations provide the same environmental protections as the EPBC Act, replacing the existing strategic assessment. This would include relevant national environmental standards.”
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I'm new to this liveblog (it's brilliant thanks Amy!) and not sure if the comments are in use, but can I ask: at face value this looks a lot like the dumped amendment from the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Act 2024, is it basically the same thing?
They are getting bolder in their endorsement of gas drilling and extraction. Woodside and WA are driving their discounting of climate change (no, they are not deniers, perhaps diverters and delayers, but mainly discounters, but the effect is much the same)