Gina Rinehart company Lakes Oil loses challenge against Victorian onshore gas ban
Gina Rinehart-linked company Lakes Oil has lost a Supreme Court challenge against Victoria's moratorium on onshore gas, in a ruling that could see the moratorium continue until at least 2020.
Supreme Court Justice Cameron Macaulay found there was a "problematic circularity" with the argument put by Lakes Oil that sections of Victorian law required the company to conduct minimum works on their acreage, which was mostly in the Gippsland region of the state.
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