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Industry responds to McGowan fraccing announcement

YESTERDAY'S announcement that the Western Australian Labor government would lift the moratorium on fraccing in parts of the state has been both praised and criticised by industry bodies today, with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA calling the move a "missed opportunity" while APPEA says it would have "preferred the removal of the moratorium across the state."

Industry responds to McGowan fraccing announcement

  At a joint press conference at parliament house, the WA Premier Mark McGowan, Mines and Petroleum minister Bill Johnston and Environment minister Stephen Dawson announced the moratorium banning hydraulic...

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