Division Description Changes — Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail — 26th Mar 2024

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representatives vote 2024-03-26#11 Edited by mackay staff on 2025-01-10 11:58:45	Title Bills — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Deleting Part 2 of Schedule 2 Description ~~<p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>~~ <p>The question is that the member for Warringah's amendments be agreed to.</p> The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2024-03-25.140.1) introduced by Warringah MP [Zali Steggall](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/warringah/zali_steggall) (Independent), which means it failed. ### What was the purpose of these amendments? Ms Steggall [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2024-03-25.140.1): > The amendments I am moving remove part 2, schedule 2 from the bill. Part 2, schedule 2 is completely off topic when it comes to the primary purpose of this bill, which is to improve* the conditions of workers in the offshore gas industry. Instead, it is a sneaky attempt by the government to include in an otherwise noncontentious bill significant carve-outs for the gas industry from environmental regulations and the requirements of the offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage legislation and regulations themselves. It does this by providing, in part 2, a new clause, 790E, which enables existing projects approved by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority, NOPSEMA, to undertake additional actions that may be inconsistent with future regulatory changes—a get out of jail free card delivered to the oil and gas industries. This get out of jail free card is being provided to a polluting and environmentally damaging industry in the midst of the government's major reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act outlined in its Nature Positive reforms.* ### Amendment text > (1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit "Parts 2 and 3", substitute "Part 3". > > (2) Schedule 2, Part 2, page 61 (line 1) to page 62 (line 36), omit the Part. ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~

~~Milton Dick~~
The question is that the member for Warringah's amendments be agreed to.
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2024-03-25.140.1) introduced by Warringah MP [Zali Steggall](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/warringah/zali_steggall) (Independent), which means it failed.
### What was the purpose of these amendments?
Ms Steggall [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2024-03-25.140.1):
> *The amendments I am moving remove part 2, schedule 2 from the bill. Part 2, schedule 2 is completely off topic when it comes to the primary purpose of this bill, which is to improve the conditions of workers in the offshore gas industry. Instead, it is a sneaky attempt by the government to include in an otherwise noncontentious bill significant carve-outs for the gas industry from environmental regulations and the requirements of the offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage legislation and regulations themselves. It does this by providing, in part 2, a new clause, 790E, which enables existing projects approved by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority, NOPSEMA, to undertake additional actions that may be inconsistent with future regulatory changes—a get out of jail free card delivered to the oil and gas industries. This get out of jail free card is being provided to a polluting and environmentally damaging industry in the midst of the government's major reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act outlined in its Nature Positive reforms.*
### Amendment text
> *(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 4), omit "Parts 2 and 3", substitute "Part 3".*
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> *(2) Schedule 2, Part 2, page 61 (line 1) to page 62 (line 36), omit the Part.*
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