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The temporary ban (moratorium) on onshore ‘conventional’ gas drilling, which has been in place across Victoria since 2014, expires today. This will leave significant areas across Gippsland and South West Victoria exposed to gas...

 What is happening? The moratorium on onshore ‘conventional’ gas drilling has been in place across Victoria since 2014. It expires at the end of June 2021, meaning that new exploration and potentially drilling can...

The Federal Government has announced that a vast area of ocean around Australia will be offered up for offshore oil and gas exploration. This includes 21 areas across six basins covering 80,000 sq km...

The ban on conventional gas drilling in Victoria will be no more from July. It's clear the time for gas is approaching burnout. From the defeat of AGL's planned gas import terminal in Westernport to...

Despite the dire state of the climate crisis, the federal government continues to pursue both a 'gas-led' recovery and the further production of fossil fuels. This includes opening up the pristine waters of the...

Community members from Apollo Bay and the Otway Ranges held a paddle out on World Oceans day to object to the plans for offshore gas drilling in the waters of southwest Victoria and industrialisation...

The coastal waters of south western Victoria are under threat. Plans for rapid gas expansion of oil and gas drilling in the Otway Basin poses a direct threat to marine life and is bad...

Community members in South West Victoria have responded to the lifting of the moratorium on onshore gas drilling.  Members of the Protect the West Alliance from the Otways to Portland have collected over 1000...

Did you know that polluters want to drill for gas and oil in the coastal waters of south western Victoria?   The coastline from Port Campbell to the South Australian border is home to a major tourist...

THE GAS STORY: SO FAR NOT SO GOODLast week the Victorian government gave the go ahead to onshore conventional gas exploitation across the State. A moratorium had halted all exploration and drilling since 2014....