Premier and minister defend move amid plan to transition households away from gas
The Victorian government has approved its first gas extraction project in a decade, near the celebrated tourist site the Twelve Apostles, despite its plans to wean the state’s households off the fossil fuel.
“It reflects the reality that it is a diminishing resource and … whilst it will play a role in our energy transition, it’s not going to play the role that it once did.” “We have to take on board the advice of the experts who tell us we need to – where we can – support households and businesses to become all electric,” Allan said.
Its onshore drill site is 450m outside the park but the bore extends 3.5km out into the ocean, including a 1.3km stretch passing underneath the national park. “Instead they’re siding with a billionaire-owned fossil fuel company who wants to extract right next to such an iconic and precious place.”
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