Ann: Judicial review update, page-45

At least one good thing has come out of the current Bentley suspension review and that is the clear demonstration of the gross incompetence of the Office of Coal Seam Gas in NSW.

To forestall immediate legal action, the OCSG and their lawyers committed on Friday 13th June to do two things: -
A commitment by the NSW Government to use its “best endeavours” to make a decision on whether to maintain the suspension of Rosella drilling approval by June 25, and
To make available by June 20 the documentation used by the NSW Government to make its suspension decision.

Well the Office comprehensively failed to meet any of these commitments: -
They delivered only a portion of the documents and then not until Monday June 23, three days late, and
Then only managed to deliver their decision on the review of the suspension late on June 26. Two days late.

Such obvious inability to properly carry out their legal responsibilities can only add to the existing demands that NSW substantially updates the capability of the OCSG to properly regulate oil and gas activities in the state.