2018-06-05
Question in parliament: My question is to the Premier. Premier, two weeks ago your government opened up coastline on Gunditjmara country to gas drilling, including drilling from onshore. On Friday your government extended the licences for two brown coal power stations on Gunnai/Kurnai country, meaning Yallourn and Loy Yang can keep polluting for decades to come. Premier, why are you putting our children’s future at risk by allowing the burning of more fossil fuels, which lead to climate change and continued destruction of country?
Supplementary question — As well as opening up half our coastline for gas drilling, the Labor government have not told Victorian communities whether they will allow onshore gas drilling when the moratorium expires in less than two years. Will the government make the moratorium on onshore gas drilling permanent, or can Victorians expect to see their country, farmland and environment opened up for conventional gas drilling if Labor is re-elected in November?