Ann: PEP11 Update, page-304

I think it would be very helpful for our case if DB could ascertain what exactly DRNSW MEG Assessments were doing (or not doing as the case may be) for the past 9 long months as evidence that the Commonwealth-NSW Joint Authority have been ignoring both the Joint Authority Operating Protocol and the Federal Court decision to which it provided an undertaking to make an impartial decision regarding PEP11 in accordance with the law and in accordance with fair and proper process.

I reckon DRNSW MEG Assessments haven't been doing anything other than raking backwards and forwards through the environmental assessment standards relating to offshore petroleum and mineral standards trying to find some sort of loophole, rather than assessing NOPTA's recommendation or the application on its merits as they were supposed to be doing.

If you could take a look at their work diaries, I reckon this is what would be uncovered and this would demonstrate that the supposed "thorough assessment" of the applications was really just an exercise in trying to find a way to kill off the title and not have the decision overturned, as Albo had previously stated in his own words.