Source: The Standard (Warrnambool)
Warrnambool City council has voted to support the 'Fight the Bight' campaign and condemn oil and gas drilling.
Councillors voted unanimously at Monday's meeting to support David Owen's notice of motion against exploration in the Great Australian Bight
Cr Owen said the council was the 16th Australian and the fourth Victorian council, joining Moyne and Corangamite shires, to lodge its opposition.
Norwegian company Equinor has an exploratory drilling permit for the Great Australian Bight, but has not commenced work.
Cr Owen said the council could not allow the bight to be put at risk by an accident such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that discharged five million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
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"The impacts would devastate marine life, fisheries and coastal communities and would seriously tarnish the pristine image of the Australian Southern Ocean and beaches," he said.