Canavan lifts secrecy around offshore oil and gas environmental plans
by Michael Slezak from Environment | The Guardian on (#3990Z)
Minister stops short of committing to increased transparency around Australian regulator's compliance and enforcement
The regulation of Australia's offshore oil and gas industry will become more transparent after the resources minister, Matthew Canavan, announced that environmental plans for exploration and extraction would no longer be kept secret.
Canavan also announced the federal government would consider lifting secrecy surrounding the way the offshore oil and gas regulator conducts compliance and enforcement activities, but did not commit to doing so.
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