Australian government launches offshore petroleum exploration permits for 47,000 sq km of ocean
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The Albanese government has launched its first offshore petroleum exploration permits, opening up nearly 47,000 sq km of Australian waters to oil and gas exploration.
Ten areas stretching from the Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Indian Ocean to Victoria's Gippsland basin have been opened for exploration, in what the resources minister, Madeleine King, said would play an important role in securing future energy supplies".
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