A committal hearing has begun in Brisbane's Magistrates Court today for the ship owners and captain charged over a massive oil spill in Moreton Bay off Brisbane in south-east Queensland last year.

"It's not going anywhere until we release it." (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard) (Left: A worker attempts to clear the oil spill on the beach on Moreton Island near Brisbane, Australia, March 13 ...

1991 - The Gulf War oil spill is estimated to be the largest ... tonnes of ammonium nitrate leaked into the ocean north of Moreton Bay in Queensland after unsecured cargo on the Pacific Adventurer ...

A Sunshine Coast landowner has accused oil-spill ... to Moreton Island in the aftermath of the Pacific Adventurer leaking oil and dumping 31 containers of ammonium nitrate into the bay.