After staunch opposition from local communities and businesses and pressure from Labor Scott Morrison has finally admitted that he doesn\u2019t support the extension of the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP 11).
\nScott Morrison\u2019s shaky coalition with the Nationals has been tested yet again with the Prime Minister staying silent on PEP 11 until today.
\nAdvent Energy\u2019s PEP 11 application would allow oil and gas exploration drilling off the NSW coast from Port Stephens, Newcastle, the Central Coast and Sydney.
\nUnder the company\u2019s proposal thousands of local jobs in tourism, hospitality, recreational and commercial fishing would be jeopardised.
\nScott Morrison\u2019s backdown is in stark contrast to recent comments from the Minister for Resources, who was recently defending the proposal by saying \u201cany rig is unlikely to be visible from the coast\u201d.
\nUnlike the Morrison Government, Labor\u2019s position on this proposal has been crystal clear.
\nPEP 11 doesn\u2019t make sense from an economic, environmental, or energy perspective.
\nLabor has been consulting with Save Our Coast, Surfrider Foundation, other advocacy groups and the broader community. We congratulate them on their fierce advocacy in protecting their region.
\nWe support new energy and resources projects where they make sense, but this was always a dumb idea.
\nA broad spectrum of people across the community knew it, it\u2019s just a shame it took Scott Morrison so long to realise it.
\nRest assured, Matt Thistlethwaite, Emma McBride, Meryl Swanson, Sharon Claydon, and the whole Labor team will not rest until this bad idea is 100 per cent dead and buried.
\nLabor is against it.
\nThe community is against it.
\nThe NSW Government is against it.
\nSeveral Federal Liberal MPs are against it.
\nWith his Prime Minister now joining the ranks of those against the application, is Keith Pitt still \u201cconcerned about some of the exaggerated claims being made by groups who are opposed to the permit\u201d?
\nEither Keith Pitt is wrong or the Prime Minister is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After staunch opposition from local communities and businesses and pressure from Labor Scott Morrison has finally admitted that he doesn\u2019t support the extension of the Petroleum Exploration Permit 11 (PEP 11). Scott Morrison\u2019s shaky coalition with the Nationals has been tested yet again with the Prime Minister staying silent on PEP 11 until today. Advent … Continue reading “SCOTT MORRISON HANGS KEITH PITT OUT TO DRY ON PEP 11 EXTENSION”<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10552","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=10552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}