The second applicant is good application management. It offers-...

The second applicant is good application management. It offers

- Different assessment protocol which appears to have a lower threshold of approval
- As the first applicant was submitted outside of the last 12 months of the expiry date. If there was a refusal, then it would go straight to cancellation
- As the second application is within 12 months, upon any second refusal the applicant has 2 months extension of the expiry from the day of the decision.
- In these 2 months you can then reapply for an exploration permit and make the necessary commercial decisions

Overall to tells the pollies
- We are here for an extended period of time so you can get rid of us
- their wont be another applicant to take over, as there is a solid foothold of 2+ years of the approval
- you need to refuse us 3 times. Are you that committed to stoping a drill hole the size of a dining room table while driving a gas recovery plan with a clear issue of eastern seaboard long term supply concerns.

Also, pretty much all applicants to the government have a request for information stage. That's why it's noted as a stage of the process, not an exception to the process. (check out every other application made, they all have it )