Abrolhos under threat from oil and gas exploration
The Australian Greens say the Federal Government is threatening WA's iconic Abrolhos Islands by releasing acreage for oil and gas exploration that encroaches on the area.
"The Abrolhos Islands are iconic in WA, they are a unique marine environment with many threatened species and are important to WA fishing industries. These low-lying islands would be devastated by an oil spill," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens marine spokesperson said today.