State says '**' to fracking and coal seam gas with permanent ban
 

State says '**' to fracking and coal seam gas with permanent ban
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In a first for Australia, the state of Victoria has banned all fracking and coal seam gas exploration.

The government said the permanent ban on fracking and "the exploration and development of all onshore unconventional gas in Victoria" was an effort to protect the state's agriculture sector and regional communities.*

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The legislative ban will be introduced later this year, according to a statement from Premier Daniel Andrews' ******, and is being framed as a partial response to a parliamentary inquiry into onshore unconventional gas in Victoria that received over 1,600 submissions from the public — most of them against fracking.* Read more...

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