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Australian Government response: report on oil or gas production in the Great Australian Bight

Date published:
1 August 2017

The Senate Environment and Communications References Committee held an inquiry into the potential impacts of BP's planned exploratory oil drilling project and any future oil or gas production in the Great Australian Bight.

The government response to the inquiry report was tabled in the Senate.