Teal independent MPs say a government bill that would allow carbon dioxide to be pumped into international waters is a “colossal attempt at greenwashing” that would facilitate new gas projects and prolong the life of the fossil fuel industry.
In a debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night, the member for Kooyong Monique Ryan, accused the government of introducing the legislation with “unseemly haste” to enable projects such as Santos’ Barossa offshore gas project, which proposes establishing a carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility in the depleted Bayu-Undan gas reservoir in waters off Timor-Leste.
