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Environmental Defenders Office welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill (2023). EDO supports the Bill, and the intention of the amendment to strengthen consultation requirements for Australia’s offshore oil and gas approvals regime for First Nations communities.
