Oceana Agreement Goes To Senate

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Also taken to the senate today was the government's undertaking to OCEANA. This is a follow up to the joint statement of two weeks ago where the government confirmed that it has no intention of violating the Moratorium on offshore drilling - but they just can't afford a referendum right now. So, they introduced a Bill to amend the Referendum Act, to make it so that a mandatory referendum must be held prior to any proposed amendment or repeal of the Petroleum Operations Moratorium Act of 2017.

Here's what Senator Janelle Chanona had to say about it today: