Golden Beach Gas Project

The EES for the Golden Beach Gas Project, together with EPA Works Approval Application and pipeline licence was publicly exhibited for a period of 30 business days, from Monday 26 October and 11.59pm on Monday 7 December 2020.

Online submissions were invited from Monday 26 October and 11.59pm on Monday 7 December 2020.

The Directions Hearing was conducted by video conference using Microsoft Teams at 10.00am on Thursday 17 December 2020.

At the Directions Hearing, the Inquiry:

• highlighted submissions received and identified what it saw as the key issues
• reviewed the findings from the site inspection
• discussed information requests from the Inquiry
• discussed the format and conduct of the submitter conference and
• answered any questions people may have about the submitter conference.

A one-day submitter conference was conducted by video conference using Microsoft Teams on Monday 18 January 2021.

The submitter conference was a more informal round table forum to enable the issues raised in submissions to be explored by the Inquiry, together with the submitters who indicated they wanted to participate and the proponent.

The Inquiry and Panel submitted its report on 2 March 2021 to the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change within 30 business days from the last date of the submitter conference, in accordance with the Terms of Reference and Instrument of Appointment.

The Inquiry and Panel report can be found on the ‘Overview’ and ‘Documents’ tab.

The Minister for Planning’s  assessment under the Environment Effects Act 1978 can also be found on the ‘Overview’ and ‘Documents’ tab.