Environmental activists rallied at Nobbys Beach today, venting their opposition to a proposed search for resources off the coast of Newcastle.
Asset Energy plans to send acoustic pulses into the ocean floor, in a bid to find oil and gas reserves.
“destroys invertebrates on the ocean floor and the professional fishers, the commercial fishers locally says the last time they did it, it really impacted on their catch for months afterwards”
A government safety authority has asked for the company to resubmit its application… today protesters called for more action.
“what we’re asking our government to do is to cancel this licence and to send the seismic testing back to some other place not off the coast of of Newcastle”
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