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Federal government agreed to weaken proposed protections for rock art from Woodside’s North West Shelf project

Document outlines negotiations over contentious extension of gas giant’s development after conditional approval in MaySign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereThe Albanese government agreed to weaken conditions it had proposed to protect world heritage-listed Indigenous rock art from Woodside’s giant North West Shelf gas development after the fossil fuel company argued it could be forced to shut the plant.The change is explained in a “statement of reasons” document setting out why the environment minister, Murray Watt, approved an application to extend the operating life of one of the world’s biggest and most polluting gas export developments until 2070. Continue reading...

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