{"id":18217,"date":"2022-09-13T07:55:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T07:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=18217"},"modified":"2022-09-13T07:55:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T07:55:22","slug":"greens-call-on-labor-to-shut-down-seismic-blasting-off-wa-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/09\/13\/greens-call-on-labor-to-shut-down-seismic-blasting-off-wa-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens call on Labor to shut down seismic blasting off WA coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Greens call on the Labor Government to immediately shut down&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.greens.org.au\/t\/y-i-nyhzjk-l-y\/\">plans for seismic blasting<\/a>&nbsp;that could impact the Mermaid Reef and Rowley Shoals Marine Parks &#8211; which the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/media.greens.org.au\/t\/y-i-nyhzjk-l-j\/\">Australian Government and the West Australian Government recognise as<\/a>&nbsp;\u2018one of the most remote and pristine marine areas in the world\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHumpback whales, hammerhead sharks, turtles, 200 species of coral, 600 species of fish, and the livelihoods of small business owners could all be impacted by reckless seismic blasting in this area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019d be absolutely hypocritical of Labor not to shut down plans that could negatively impact these precious marine ecosystems and the lives and livelihoods that depend on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnthony Albanese promised he\u2019d stop exploration associated with the PEP-11 project on Australia\u2019s east coast because he thought it was a \u2018bad idea\u2019 and it\u2019d be completely contradictory for him not to do the same here in WA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBlasting marine life with seismic shockwaves is the reality of what happens when our Government opens up our ocean for more oil and gas &#8211; and let\u2019s not forget that Labor has just opened up 46,758 square kilometres of new ocean acreage for fossil fuel companies to exploit.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Greens spokesperson for resources and Yamatji Noongar woman, Senator Dorinda Cox said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSuccessive governments continue to damage First Nations culture and heritage in favour of big corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTraditional Owners\u2019 culture and spirituality is intrinsically connected to Sea Country, we shouldn\u2019t be selling it to multinational coal and gas companies for private profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Labor wants to meet their own emissions target, we cannot keep opening up new coal and gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGas has no part to play in a green future. We need cleaner, greener, renewable energy sources and investment in a clean energy export industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Greens call on the Labor Government to immediately shut down&nbsp;plans for seismic blasting&nbsp;that could impact the Mermaid Reef and Rowley Shoals Marine Parks &#8211; which the&nbsp;Australian Government and the West Australian Government recognise as&nbsp;\u2018one of the most remote and pristine marine areas in the world\u2019.&nbsp; \u201cHumpback whales, hammerhead sharks, turtles, 200 species of coral, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/09\/13\/greens-call-on-labor-to-shut-down-seismic-blasting-off-wa-coast\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Greens call on Labor to shut down seismic blasting off WA coast&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18218,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18217\/revisions\/18218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}