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Woodside backs floating LNG for Browse

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Woodside Petroleum has agreed to use Shell’s floating LNG technology if it proceeds with a floating option for its Browse gas project in Western Australia’s Kimberley.

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Fears raised over burial sites near James Price Point

Australian Greens leader Christine Milne.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: The Australian Greens fear Aboriginal burial sites north of Broome will be destroyed unless the Gillard government stops Woodside moving in heavy machinery near a controversial gas hub site.

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Floating LNG plant would be nuts: Barnett

The Perth headquarters of Woodside Petroleum.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Federal and state authorities would be “nuts” to allow Woodside to replace the $40 billion gas hub proposed for James Price Point with a floating processing plant, Western Australia’s Premier Colin Barnett has said.

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Woodside granted access to sacred sites

WA premier Colin Barnett (AAP IMAGE/JOSH JERGA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: The West Australian government has sparked immediate protests after granting resources giant Woodside the right to disturb Aboriginal sacred sites as part of the proposed $40 billion James Price Point gas hub near Broome.

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WA govt bungles Browse land seizure again

WA premier Colin Barnett (AAP IMAGE/JOSH JERGA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: The West Australian government has again bungled its application to compulsorily acquire land for Woodside’s controversial Browse gas hub project in the Kimberley.

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Environmental approval granted for controversial gas hub

A file photo of a protest at the Woodside LNG gas hub site.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Environmental approval has been granted for Woodside Petroleum’s proposed $30 billion Kimberley gas hub at James Price Point in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

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Greens challenge Woodside project process

Australian Greens leader Christine Milne.

NATIONAL: The approval process for a $34 billion gas hub earmarked for Western Australia carries the “stench of corruption”, the Senate has been told.

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Gas hub to smash window to past: Greens

The proposed site of the controversial Woodside LNG hub off Broome.

NATIONAL: A $34 billion gas hub earmarked for James Price Point near Broome will smash a “window to the past”, the Senate has been told.

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Browse gas rights threat ‘wrong’: McGowan

WA premier Colin Barnett (AAP IMAGE/JOSH JERGA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Premier Colin Barnett’s threat to take away the Browse joint venture’s gas rights if it doesn’t develop the project at James Price Point is outrageous, the West Australian opposition says.

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Browse gas hub blockade continues

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Protesters against Woodside’s Browse gas hub project in Western Australia’s Kimberley have dug in for a second day of blockading the company’s equipment convoy.

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