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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Graham Readfearn

Environmentalists condemn ‘devastating’ move to open nine new gas exploration areas in Queensland

Queensland Dale Last
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dale Last speaks during question time at Queensland Parliament House
Queensland minister for natural resources and mines, Dale Last, said the move would allow the state to ‘lead the way on energy security’. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The Queensland government has opened nine new areas for gas exploration across 16,000 sq kilometres in a step environmentalists say will only worsen the climate crisis.

The state’s natural resources minister, Dale Last, said the move would make Queensland more attractive for gas industry investment and would help bring down gas prices and ease the supply pressures on the east coast.

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