Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 5, 13 October 2016, p. 326.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 11, 15 September 2016, p. 219.

[3]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest, No. 7 of 2016, 12 October 2016, p. 72.

[4]        Clause 3.

[5]        Exploratory Memorandum (EM), p. 1.

[6]        Senate Hansard, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, 15 September 2016, p. 1038.

[7]        EM, p. 1.

[8]        Clause 6.

[9]        Clause 6.

[10]      Clause 4.

[11]      Clause 6.

[12]      Clause 5.

[13]      Clause 5.

[14]      Clause 7.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        The Wilderness Society, Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 13, p. 1.

[3]        Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 13, p. 2.

[4]        Humane Society International, Submission 1, pp.1–2.

[5]        Humane Society International, Submission 1, p. 2.

[6]        The Wilderness Society, Submission 4, p. 5; Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 13, p. 3; Humane Society International, Submission 1, p. 2.

[7]        The Wilderness Society, Submission 4, p. 6.

[8]        Chevron, Submission 9; Murphy Australia Oil Pty Ltd, Submission 8; Santos Ltd, Submission 5.

[9]        Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3,          pp. 2–3.

[10]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 2

[11]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 6.

[12]      Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3,          pp. 1–2.

[13]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 2; Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3, p 3.

[14]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 10, p. 12.

[15]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 6.

[16]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 6; Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3, p. 3.

[17]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 10, p. 12.

[18]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 10, p. 13.

[19]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 10, p. 12.

[20]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, Covering letter.

[21]      Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 10, p. 2.

[22]      Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3, p. 2.

[23]      A frontier basin is defined as one that is considered prospective for hydrocarbons due to its geology, but where no hydrocarbon discoveries have been made.

[24]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, Covering Letter.

[25]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, p. 6.

[26]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[27]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, pp. 4–6; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, Submission 10, pp. 14–20 and pp. 27–32.

[28]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 6.

[29]      BP Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[30]      South Australian Government, Submission 11, p. 8.

[31]      Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3, p. 1.

[32]      Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3, p. 4.

[33]      Government of Western Australia—Department of Mines and Petroleum, Submission 3, p. 3.

[34]      Department of the Environment and Energy, Submission 12, p. 2.

[35]      BP Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[36]      BP Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[37]      BP Australia, Submission 7, pp. 4–5.

[38]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, p. 2.

[39]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, p. 11.

[40]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, p. 11.

[41]      Geoscience Australia, Submission 2, p. 11.

[42]      BP Australia, Submission 7, p. 5.

[43]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 3.

[44]      Law Council of Australia, Submission 4, pp. 3–4.

Dissenting report by the Australian Greens

[1]        The Wilderness Society, Submission 4, p. 2.

[2]        Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Submission 13, p. 2.

[3]        Humane Society International, Submission 1, p. 2.