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Santos’s $5.8bn Barossa gas pipeline project can go ahead after Tiwi Islanders lose court battle

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Admin

Federal court has lifted temporary injunction preventing construction work on part of the pipeline route

Santos’s $5.8bn Barossa offshore gas project has taken another step forward after the federal court dismissed a legal challenge by a group of Tiwi Islanders to the construction of a pipeline.

In a decision on Monday, Justice Natalie Charlesworth dismissed the legal action and lifted a temporary injunction that had prevented Santos from beginning construction work in an area on the pipeline route.

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‘Too much to lose’ in Santos gas project off Tiwi Islands, marine ranger tells court

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Admin

Federal court hearing on the islands, north of Darwin, told a spill would mean ‘everything ends up dead’ in delicate marine ecosystem

A large gas project off the Tiwi Islands could threaten a vulnerable turtle species and disrupt a thriving ecosystem of fish, a marine ranger has told the federal court.

Tiwi Islander Dennis Tipakalippa is challenging the decision to allow Santos to drill eight wells in the Barossa gas field, 265km north-west of Darwin.