gas exploration
MP takes stance over drilling
Corangamite MP Libby Coker has launched a petition opposing new fossil fuel projects near the Twelve Apostles.
Federal Government to auction offshore Otway gas fields
The Federal Government is inviting bids for potential offshore gas fields just a few kilometres from the Twelve Apostles.
Objection to Otway gas plan
Local climate campaigners have backed an Australian Senator’s rebuke of a planned gas project that could impact Apollo Bay fishers.
Report clears gas drilling
South-west Victoria has “significant” undiscovered natural gas underground and work to tap into it can start in 2021, a State Government report has found.
Activist anger as gas permits approved
Otways environmental activists say they are “devastated” by the State Government’s decision to award two offshore oil drilling contracts near Victoria’s south-west coast, including near Port Campbell.