A gas field off the NSW coastline, which runs past the state’s pristine beaches, popular tourist destinations, and some of the country’s most expensive residential real estate, is back on the agenda ahead of the NSW state election.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison’s decision to stop a controversial gas field from being explored off the NSW coastline is set to be overturned, after the federal government and the gas companies agreed to end a looming court battle.
Scott Morrison secretly swore himself in as resources minister to block PEP11, a controversial gas field being explored off the NSW coastline.Morrison had sworn himself into that portfolio without informing the then resources minister Keith Pitt, who intended to approve the project’s exploration request. Asset Energy and Bounty Oil & Gas were seeking to extend their permit to explore and drill for gas off the NSW coastline, in an area that stretches from Sydney’s North Head to Newcastle.
Savva said Pitt told her he had considered resigning after Morrison’s action, and had also discussed with his staff unilaterally releasing a statement approving PEP11, at the time Morrison announced he was blocking it. In his time as resources minister, Pitt had been promoting a gas-led recovery policy of the Morrison government.
“I assure Australians that any decisions that I take as the Federal Minister for Resources will always be based on sound evidence and in accordance with the law. Australians quite rightly expect this of their elected leaders,” King said in a statement. “I am not going to provide an ongoing commentary on future official decisions that come before the [Commonwealth-New South Wales Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority], whether in relation to PEP11 or any other matter.
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