Gas Drilling to Be Banned Along Entire NSW Coastline If Government Wins Election

An Austrian hotel owner lights a gas stove to cook for customers in Puch bei Hallein on January 6, 2008. Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images

The New South Wales (NSW) government will override a court order to open up gas drilling along the state’s coastline if it wins the upcoming March election.

Energy Minister and Treasurer Matt Kean described the move as standing “up for the environment.”