Queensland to ban new oil and gas drilling in Lake Eyre basin rivers and floodplains
by Ben Smee and Andrew Messenger from on (#6HAB8)
Steven Miles has delivered on two of the environment movement's most pressing concerns within a week of being sworn-in as premier
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The Queensland government will ban new oil and gas developments in the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre basin's rivers and floodplains - belatedly delivering on a nine-year-old election commitment to reinstate protections for the state's pristine channel country.
The state's premier, Steven Miles, will on Friday announce new environmental regulations for the basin, which is among the world's last unaltered river systems.
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