Processes change—it’s time to end the mindless release of acreage for oil and gas

Processes change—it’s time to end the mindless release of acreage for oil and gas

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Every year the federal government releases huge areas of offshore acreage for potential exploration by big oil and gas companies. These areas are chosen at the whim of the petroleum industry, without serious environmental assessment or any real consideration of the views of the communities most directly impacted by these decisions.

This mindless annual acreage release by the federal government underpins the ongoing expansion of the offshore fossil fuel industry in this country. It is completely inconsistent with the International Energy Agency’s roadmap to net-zero emissions by 2050 and represents Australia’s total disregard for playing its part to ...

Every year the federal government releases huge areas of offshore acreage for potential exploration by big oil and gas companies. These areas are chosen at the whim of the petroleum industry, without serious environmental assessment or any real consideration of the views of the communities most directly impacted by these decisions.

This mindless annual acreage release by the federal government underpins the ongoing expansion of the offshore fossil fuel industry in this country. It is completely inconsistent with the International Energy Agency’s roadmap to net-zero emissions by 2050 and represents Australia’s total disregard for playing its part to solve the climate crisis.

The annual acreage release cycle means that each and every year the fossil fuel industry expands into new marine areas. Last year it was the iconic World Heritage listed Ningaloo and Gutharraguda/Shark Bay, this year it is the Twelve Apostles, Kimberley Coast and the surrounds of the remote Bass Strait islands off Tassie’s northern coast. 

This goes on despite communities across Australia—from the Bight and the Victorian Surf Coast, to Newcastle and Tasmania's King Island—calling loudly for an end to harmful and risky offshore oil and gas exploration in their marine backyards.

Please email Minister Keith Pitt MP and Madeleine King MP telling them enough is enough. This acreage release process gives away the oceans to private fossil fuel interests, making it virtually impossible to ever protect them properly in the future. 

 

Image: 2018 Hands Across the Sand event in Semaphore SA. The event was protesting deep sea drilling in the Great Australian Bight | Hayden Hands

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It’s mindless, it’s past its due date. It needs to end.

Enough is enough. Please stand with communities. This acreage release process gives away the oceans to private fossil fuel interests, making it virtually impossible to ever protect them properly in the future. 

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