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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National

Morrison PEP-11 veto 'broke natural justice'

A protester holds a sign at an anti-PEP-11 rally at Bar Beach in February last year. File picture

Scott Morrison's vocal opposition to a controversial offshore gas drilling project meant his later decision to formally block it was tainted by apprehended bias, a court has found.

The Federal Court yesterday quashed the former prime minister's December 2021 decision to block an extension of the PEP-11 project permit and remitted it to a joint federal-NSW authority.

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