The Senate will shine a much-needed spotlight on BP's plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight after it voted for an inquiry into the matter. The inquiry will report back by May 12.
The Senate's Environment and Communications References Committee will look into the potential environmental, social and economic impacts of BP's planned exploratory oil drilling project and any future oil or gas production in the Great Australian Bight.
The Senate will shine a much-needed spotlight on BP's plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight after it voted for an inquiry into the matter. The inquiry will report back by May 12.
The Senate's Environment and Communications References Committee will look into the potential environmental, social and economic impacts of BP's planned exploratory oil drilling project and any future oil or gas production in the Great Australian Bight.
Australia's offshore oil and gas authority has already rejected BP's first application to drill four exploration wells in the Bight because of inadequacies in its plans, saying BP needs a comprehensive risk assessment and oil pollution emergency plan.
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