Steggall to reintroduce Bill to ban PEP 11 once and for all

Member for Warringah Zali Steggall is set to reintroduce her Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Stop PEP 11 and Protect Our Coast)

Private Members Bill to Federal Parliament, with the PEP 11 permit for offshore gas exploration now back in the spotlight.

With the Federal Government and Asset Energy agreeing recently to end a Federal Court challenge over former PM Scott Morrison’s refusal of a licence renewal, the permit will once more have to go through the process of being considered by the Joint

Authority (comprising State and Federal governments).

“The Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP 11) application, which covers 4,500 square kilometres of ocean along NSW’s east coast from North Head National Park in Manly, through the Central Coast and as far as Newcastle, is destined to be reconsidered,” Steggall said.

“When the Bill was first introduced in November, 2021, Prime Minister Albanese, then in Opposition, stated: ‘We stood at Terrigal and made it very clear that we were opposed to PEP 11 … this is a bad proposal’.”

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