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‘Devastating’ oil slick 20km from coast

The Greens say a massive oil spill off Australia”s north-west coast is far worse than originally thought, with oil now creeping much closer to the Australian coast.

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says oil is just 20 kilometres off the Australian coast.

The incident occurred at the West Atlas mobile offshore drilling unit last Friday, located about 250 kilometres north of Truscott, and 690 kilometres west of Darwin. Senator Siewert chartered a plane to fly over the West Atlas spill yesterday and she says she is devastated by what she saw… Read Full Article by Naomi Woodley

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