Brad Hawkins Consulting

About Brad Hawkins Consulting

• 30 years’ - International tax, commercial and accounting experience in Australia, and in-country in Papua New Guinea. Key financial and income tax roles within both the PNG petroleum industry and the accounting profession. • Member of the Oil Search team negotiating the PNG – Queensland Gas Agreement, the first such agreement in PNG, with specific focus on fiscal provisions. • Oil Search representative responsible for negotiating with the State in respect of their acquisition of equity in both the Kutubu and Gobe oil projects. Responsible for Oil Search’s Accumulated Liability for the Kutubu project. • Key role in drafting PNG Unconventional Hydrocarbons Act 2015, under instruction from the then Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Hon. Nixon Duban, and responsibility for drafting of PNG Unconventional Hydrocarbons Regulations, under instruction from then Minister Micah. • Intimate working knowledge of the Oil and Gas Act 1998, Income Tax 1959, Unconventional Hydrocarbons Act 2015, and all other associated legislation. • Close ongoing relationship with PNG IRC (resources team). Assisted drafting changes to the PNG Tax Act that were necessary to enable the efficient and appropriate taxing of unitised resource projects in PNG – specifically required for the Gobe project. Such a unitised project could not have been effectively taxed under the legislation that was in place at the time. Key industry input into the Bogan Tax Review.

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