Gas, oil ban for remote ecosystem, years after promise

By Laine Clark
Updated December 22 2023 - 1:45pm, first published 1:41pm
The new Queensland government has vowed to protect the remote Lake Eyre basin. (Grenville Turner/AAP PHOTOS)
The new Queensland government has vowed to protect the remote Lake Eyre basin. (Grenville Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Days after being sworn in, Queensland Premier Steven Miles has fulfilled an eight-year-old promise and banned new oil and gas developments in the Lake Eyre basin.

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