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

<p>Federal resources minister Madeleine King announces five new offshore exploration zones as part of future gas strategy</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>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.</p><p>The minister for resources, Madeleine King, this week <a href="https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/king/media-releases/opening-new-areas-offshore-gas-exploration">announced</a> five new areas in the <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/converlens-au-industry/industry/p/prj39599970820f69595add4/page/2025_acreage_release_a3_map.pdf">Otway basin</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/09/labor-albanese-government-gas-strategy-emissions-reduction-policy-net-zero-targets-renewable-energy">future gas strategy</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/13/opening-up-victorias-otway-basin-to-offshore-gas-exploration-an-environmental-betrayal-greens-say">Continue reading...</a>

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