On 28 July 2026, we published the draft decision for the Sturt Plateau Pipeline classification decision. 

Our draft decision is to classify the Sturt Plateau Pipeline as a transmission pipeline. This classification takes effect from the date of publication of our final decision. 

We have considered the national gas objective, the pipeline classification criterion, the pipeline characteristics outlined in section 13 of the National Gas Law and stakeholders’ views in making our draft decision. 

We will make our final decision within 20 business days after submissions close. 

We invite all interested stakeholders to make a written submission on the draft decision by 5pm AEST on Friday 17 August 2026. Submissions to the draft decision will be crucial in informing our final decision. 

Submissions should be sent to AERGasReformaer [dot] gov [dot] au (AERGasReform[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au). 

We prefer that submissions are public and published on our website. This facilitates an informed, transparent and robust consultation process. However, we will accept confidential submissions in some circumstances. If you wish to make a confidential submission, we ask that you contact us before making the submission to discuss whether we can treat your submission, or portions of it, as confidential.