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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The Tasmanian Government will ban the controversial mining practice known as fracking for another five years.
Fracking involves injecting liquid at high pressure into underground rocks to extract oil or gas, and the practice has sparked controversy in New South Wales and Queensland.
Tasmanian Primary Industries Minister Jeremy Rockliff, who declared a one-year fracking moratorium in March 2014, considered 155 submissions on the subject.
Mr Rockliff said there was uncertainty around fracking,......
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Fracking banned for five years by Tasmanian Government
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