LNP politicians visit a Shell drill site near Roma and claim a ‘generational opportunity’ to reduce Australia’s reliance on fuel imports. Others are more circumspect
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With hard hats and hi-vis vests, Queensland politicians flooded their social media this week with footage from a drill site in western Queensland, as the state premier, David Crisafulli, claimed a “sea of oil” lay beneath his feet.
The Taroom trough in Queensland is being touted by some as a “generational opportunity” for Australia to drastically cut its reliance on imported oil.