Celebrations begin as company withdraws plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight

By Monique Patterson
Updated February 25 2020 - 1:59pm, first published 1:41pm
PEOPLE POWER: Ben Druitt at an event held to protest against plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight earlier this year. He is pleased the plans have been abandoned.
PEOPLE POWER: Ben Druitt at an event held to protest against plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight earlier this year. He is pleased the plans have been abandoned.

Port Fairy's Ben Druitt could barely contain his excitement when he found out the Fight for the Bight had been won.

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