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Professorial Fellow in Earth Sciences, Peter Cook Centre for CCS Research, The University of Melbourne

The debate around coal seam gas exploration is highly politically charged, so it’s important to have an accurate picture of what exactly is proposed. Dean Lewins/AAP

March 24, 2015

FactCheck: is 53% of Australia under exploration licence for unconventional mining?

Samantha Hepburn, Deakin University

Is Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile correct when he says that 53% of Australia’s landmass is under current exploration licence for unconventional mining?

Unlike Queensland, it’s very unlikely there will be fracking for coal seam gas in Victoria. Simon Townsley, QGC AUSTRALIA

November 17, 2013

Unconventional gas in Victoria: proceed with care

Peter John Cook, The University of Melbourne

While New South Wales and Queensland have moved to exploit unconventional gas resources, Victoria maintains a ban on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for onshore shale gas and coal seam gas (CSG). Those…

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