Opening up Victoria’s Otway basin to offshore gas exploration an ‘environmental betrayal’, Greens say

Federal resources minister announces five new offshore exploration zones as part of future gas strategy

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The Greens and environmental groups have condemned the federal government's move to encourage more offshore gas exploration, describing it as an environmental betrayal" that undermines Labor's climate agenda.

The minister for resources, Madeleine King, this week announced five new areas in the Otway basin, stretching from waters off the south-west coast of Victoria to the ocean west of Tasmania, would be opened up for gas exploration as part of the government's future gas strategy.