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SA community leaders message to Statoil: ‘No oil in the Great Australian Bight’
Adelaide, Australia and Stavanger, Norway, May 15, 2018: South Australian community representatives including Kokatha elder Sue Haseldine, lobster fisherman Kyri Toumazos, and local surfers have today told Norwegian oil major Statoil its oil rigs are not welcome in the Great Australian Bight. Standing outside the annual Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference on…
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Historic oil ban in NZ puts spotlight on Australia’s fossil fuel addiction
April 12, 2018: New Zealand’s move towards a permanent ban on oil exploration puts Australia to shame and exposes the influence of the fossil fuel industry on our politics – threatening our coastlines and climate.New Zealand’s government today announced it has banned all new offshore oil and gas exploration in an historic climate win that’s…
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Revealed: BP’s oil spill plan in Great Australian Bight woefully inadequate, company suggested crisis could ‘boost local economies’
SYDNEY, April 6, 2018 – An oil spill at Statoil’s proposed offshore drilling site in the Great Australian Bight could spread 40 million litres of sludge along a 750km stretch of coastline, anywhere from Western Australia to Tasmania and NSW, according to documents BP reportedly attempted to suppress. Two letters from the National Offshore Petroleum…
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Your Ocean Stories
We asked you to tell us what the ocean means to you, and why you care about protecting precious marine environments like the Great Australian Bight. Here are just a few of the beautiful stories that you shared. The Twelve Apostles at sunset|Cuttlefish (Rossia glaucopis) Trondheimfjord, North Atlantic Ocean, Norway. Tintenfisch. Zwischen den Veraestelungen der…
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What does the Australian ocean mean to you?
By Max MacBride The beautiful Australian coastline of the Great Australian Bight means so many different things to different people: majestic southern right whales, endangered Australian sea lions and some of the most unique marine life on Earth. What do our oceans mean to you? | That’s why we’re inviting you to share your personal…
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Seismic blasting threatens one of South Australia’s natural treasures
March 16, 2018: New plans to conduct seismic testing within 90 kilometres of South Australia’s world-renowned Kangaroo Island is madness and endangers this unique marine environment.Media reports yesterday revealed that two Norwegian companies have lodged applications to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to conduct seismic testing 51 kilometres from land…
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A Shaky Prospect: Seismic testing in the Great Australian Bight
‘Imagine someone operating a nail gun for three months in your kitchen and you have nowhere else to eat…. Drone footage of Bunda Cliffs in the Great Australian Bight. The Bight is a pristine stretch of ocean off the southern coastal fringe of Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is a globally significant whale…
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Charity Attack Laws: An Explainer
On 7 December 2017, while the nation celebrated the historic vote for marriage equality, the Coalition quietly introduced a number of bills to Parliament. Their aim? To silence every single one of us – environmental groups, humanitarian organisations and people like you A Greenpeace supporter uses a megaphone to make clear her thoughts during the…
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Everything must go! Huge oil and gas sell off in Australia
Each year the government opens up more of Australia’s treasured ocean environment to dangerous oil and gas exploration. It’s time for that to stop. Already, millions of square kilometres of our ocean is set aside for oil and gas drilling, putting local communities and wildlife at risk. This year, the government wants to add vast new…