The Morrison Government has failed the people of Newcastle by not delivering a decision on the future of PEP-11 oil and gas exploration permit by the project\u2019s scheduled expiry date today.
\nFederal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said the Government\u2019s failure demonstrated \u2018grave contempt\u2019 for the Newcastle community.
\n\u201cThe Minister has long known that this permit is due to expire today and he is well aware of the great community concern about its extension,\u201d Ms Claydon said.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s had every opportunity to fulfil his basic responsibilities, but instead he\u2019s decided to prolong the anxiety for coastal communities from Newcastle to Sydney.\u201d
\nMs Claydon said it wasn\u2019t good enough for the Minister to blame his NSW State Government counterpart for his failure to do his job.
\n\u201cThe Minister was on radio this morning saying he\u2019s still waiting to hear from the New South Wales State Government about their formal position, even though the Deputy Premier has been utterly unambiguous about his opposition to PEP-11.
\n\u201cMy community shouldn\u2019t have to pay the price because these Liberal Governments can\u2019t seem to communicate with each other.\u201d
\nMs Claydon said it\u2019s well past time for the Morrison Government to heed the community\u2019s wishes and reject the extension.
\n\u201cFrom day one, the message from the Newcastle community to the Minister has been crystal clear: Oil and gas rigs have no place in our beloved coastal waters.
\n\u201cThe community has rejected the project. The New South Wales Government has rejected the project. Federal Labor has rejected the project. Now it\u2019s time for the Minister to do the right thing and put an end to PEP-11 once and for all!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Morrison Government has failed the people of Newcastle by not delivering a decision on the future of PEP-11 oil and gas exploration permit by the project\u2019s scheduled expiry date today. Federal Member for Newcastle Sharon Claydon said the Government\u2019s failure demonstrated \u2018grave contempt\u2019 for the Newcastle community. \u201cThe Minister has long known that this … Continue reading “MORRISON GOVERNMENT FAILS NEWCASTLE ON PEP-11”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}