- Albanese Government cannot claim a new era for nature while handing over 25,000 square kilometres of ocean to the oil and gas industry
- Globally significant vital habitat for endangered pygmy blue and southern right whales under threat
- This decision undermines trust and exposes the widening gap between the government’s climate and nature commitments, and its actions
The Albanese government’s decision to release huge swathes of Commonwealth waters in the Otway Basin, between Victoria and north-west Tasmania, for new offshore oil and gas exploration is deeply concerning and directly at odds with Australia’s own climate targets and nature commitments, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) said today.
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