More than 21,000 people have signed a petition to abolish the permits, and now two MPs from different parts of the political spectrum are trying to get them banned too.
An independent bill aimed at abolishing a type of marine oil and gas exploration licence has been introduced in the Australian parliament this week
SPAs allow companies the right to explore sections of the ocean using seismic testing, also called "seismic blasting", which involves firing air guns with soundwaves of up to 250 decibels at the sea bed, then analysing the results to form a picture of what lies beneath.commercial fishery workers citing reduced catch
Geoscience technology services company CGG formally submitted its permit application and environmental plan in late January amid a month-long campaign of community protests. At time of publish, NOPSEMA had not made the updated environment plan for the Regia MSS seismic survey available for public viewing.In September, Warrnambool local Carli Reeve, who holds a bachelor of biology and environmental science, released a report detailing concerns about the impact of CGG's proposed testing on a number of little penguin colonies along Victoria's west coast.
But Ms Reeve said seismic testing could have impacts on little penguins up to 77km from the sound source.
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