Former prime minister Scott Morrison's decision to reject a controversial offshore gas exploration licence off the New South Wales coast is set to be overturned.
Scott Morrison used powers he secretly acquired to reject the projectThe PEP-11 exploration licence covers about 4,500 square kilometres offshore from Manly in the south to Newcastle in the north.
It would later be revealed the former prime minister had sworn himself into the portfolio of then-resources minister Keith Pitt to reject the application, and circumvent Mr Pitt's wishes to extend it.challenging the decision after Mr Morrison's multiple portfolios came to light. A decision on the project will then rest with a joint authority made up of both the Commonwealth and NSW governments. And the Commonwealth has indicated it will allow New South Wales to consider its position first.
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