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Government sells out communities over mining reforms

December 13, 2013

Friends of the Earth media release.

Last night, the Lower House of Parliament passed the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Amendment Bill 2013 (MRSDA).

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Extending Frack moratorium a good start. Next test is coal allocation.

November 21, 2013

Friends of the Earth media release.

Friends of the Earth has welcomed today’s announcement by the Premier that the moratorium on the process of unconventional gas fracking will be extended at least until June 2015.

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Nationals score Own Goal in response to unconventional gas motion

 

November 14, 2013

Friends of the Earth media release

Yesterday Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber introduced a motion to the Upper House, which called for a permanent ban on the coal seam gas (CSG) industry in Victoria.

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New gas licenses a risky move for state government

November 5, 2013.

Friends of the Earth media release

Last friday the Premier, Dr Napthine, announced that the government would maintain the current moratorium on the process of fracking to access unconventional gas in Victoria.

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Peter Reith strong on fear, short on facts

1 November 2013

Friends of the Earth media release

Peter Reith’s long awaited report to the Victorian government about the eastern gas market will be handed to the government today. While the Premier has not yet said if he will release the report to the public, Mr Reith has made the contents clear in multiple media interviews.

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Premier Napthine must resolve uncertainty over coal and gas

September 26, 2013

Friends of the Earth media release

With the Coalition in power federally, there is already increased pressure nation wide to develop new coal and gas projects. Tony Abbott has promised to cut ‘Green tape’ which might hold up mining projects and other developments. And Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has declared that he will ensure that “every molecule of gas that can come out of the ground does so.”

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Bass Coast Council shows leadership in campaign against Coal Seam Gas

July 18, 2013


Friends of the Earth media release


Agriculture is a cornerstone of Victoria’s economy, producing goods valued at around $9 billion a year.

Gippsland, in particular, acts as a food bowl for Melbourne and overseas consumers. Yet it is being squeezed on all sides, with encroachment from urban sprawl on the west, the prospect of negative impacts from climate change, and the potential for a major expansion of the fossil fuel industry.
 

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APPEA ‘charm offensive’ hits Victoria

June 21, 2013

Friends of the Earth media release

The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has launched its long awaited ‘charm offensive’ in Victoria, with its ‘Lets Grow Victoria’ campaign.

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Government response to minerals report: fast track mining in Victoria

May 28, 2013


The long awaited Victorian government response to the ‘Inquiry into Greenfields mineral exploration and project development in Victoria’ was tabled this afternoon.

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State government must broaden Fracking moratorium

Media release Friends of the Earth

On Saturday May11, around 180 people attending a public meeting at Seaspray in Gippsland to express concern about the possibility of gas drilling in their area. On Monday evening, Lakes Oil dropped a letter in mailboxes, telling adjacent landowners it would start ‘testing’ at their Wombat 1 drill site the next day, Tuesday May 14.

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