BPT approval of Enterprise gas field offshore Otway, page-6

Did you read in BPT's Announcement the minefield of regulations they had to navigate .

45 Approvals and Consents across 14 regulators and departments !

Native Title Agreement and two Cultural Heritage Management Agreements concluded !

First Victorian Production License granted in 10 years !


There are a lot of well paid people in offices working hard to make sure very much needed resources are not made available quickly or economically !

The only government instrumentality that no one in government takes any notice of is the productivity commission .
Note it is not called an authority , it has no teeth !
Most of the things it advocates are unpalatable to the bureaucratic empires that have been built and are not vote winners in the election roundabout .