About the newsletter
The General Policy Review is a newsletter produced by the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET) to advise interested parties on policy issues and developments related to the offshore minerals and offshore petroleum and greenhouse gas storage regulatory regime.
The newsletters are released biannually, or more frequently as necessary.
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General Policy Review—previous editions
| Issue No | Description | Date | PDF | Other |
|---|
21 | Release of Combination Certificate Guidelines under the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT). | Jul 2012 |  [PDF 465KB]
|  [DOC 204KB]
|
20 | Seeking comments on draft Terms of Reference for the Review of Environment Regulations by 16 April 2012. | Mar 2012 | [PDF 487KB] | [DOC 203KB] |
19 | Update on Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Reform, proposed Amendment to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009, and reminder that submissions due 16 December 2011 on Issues Paper. | Dec 2011 | [PDF 331KB] | [DOC 228KB] |
18 | National Regulator legislative and regulatory amendments, commencement of NOPTA and NOPSEMA, exclusion of the application of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009, introduction of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Amendment (Significant Incident Directions) Bill 2011, new consultation provisions in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 and correction to transitional provisions in the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 | Dec 2011 | [PDF 390KB] | [DOC 269KB] |
17 | Release of an issues paper for consultation | Nov 2011 | [PDF 328KB] | [DOC 205KB] |
16 | Release of the final Australian Government response to the Montara Commission of Inquiry Report and to the Productivity Commission Review of Regulatory Burden on the Upstream Petroleum (Oil and Gas) Sector, introduction of legislative amendment bills into the Australian Parliament | May 2011 | [PDF 30KB] | |
15 | Offshore resource legislation and regulation update, greenhouse gas regulations, report of the Montara Commission of Inquiry and the draft Australian Government Response, revised exploration guidelines | May 2011 | [PDF 45KB] | |
14 | Consolidation of Offshore Resources Regulations, consultation draft of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Resource Management and Administration) Regulations 2011 | Dec 2010 | [PDF 13KB] | |
13 | Offshore resources legislation, regulation and reform update | Sep 2010 | [PDF 136KB] | |
12 | New fees for petroleum and greenhouse gas titles | Jun 2009 | [PDF 42KB] | |
11 | Update on Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (2006), update on policy issues arising from the rewrite of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act (1967) | Nov 2008 | [PDF 120KB] | |
10 | Update on Offshore Petroleum Act (2006) | Jun 2008 | [PDF 56KB] | |
09 | Offshore Petroleum Act (2006) update, greenhouse gas storage amendments update | May 2008 | [PDF 61KB] | |
08 | Retention lease guidance note | Nov 2007 | [PDF 44KB] | |
07 | Policy issues, greenhouse gas storage amendments, consolidation of Regulations | Sep 2007 | [PDF 52KB] | |
06 | Policy issues identified during the rewrite of the Petroleum Submerged Lands Act (1967), Greater Sunrise Amendment Act | Jul 2007 | [PDF 60KB] | |
05 | Transfers and dealings, minor policy issues originating from the Petroleum Submerged Lands Act (1967) rewrite | Oct 2006 | [PDF 64KB] | |
04 | Minor amendments to the Offshore Petroleum Act | Aug 2006 | [PDF 44KB] | |
03 | Review of criminal provisions in the Offshore Petroleum Act (2006) | Apr 2006 | [PDF 40KB] | |
02 | Rewrite of the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967 | Dec 2005 | [PDF 77KB] | |
01 | Pre-conference discussion on future directions for the re-written Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967, paper regarding production sharing contracts as an alternative to the Act | Sep 2005 | [PDF 78KB] | |
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