Victorian first with permit for offshore gas drilling near Bay of Islands

By Sean McComish
Updated October 20 2014 - 12:20pm, first published 12:00pm
About 70 jobs will be created by a project for gas drilling off the Great Ocean Road.
About 70 jobs will be created by a project for gas drilling off the Great Ocean Road.

THE state government has cleared the final hurdle for gas drilling to start in waters off the Great Ocean Road.