The Santos-Tiwi Islands decision, blocking the $4.7 billion Barossa LNG project in the Timor Sea, raises the bar on consultations with Indigenous groups.
Mining giant Santos has been ordered to shut down a major drilling operation after it was found that local Tiwi Islanders had not been consulted. Dr Binoy
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The Federal Court found that the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority should never have approved the Barossa Gas Project.
An Australian court set aside the federal government’s approval for major gas company Santos Limited’s drilling plans in the Timor Sea, north of the island nation, ruling in favor of Dennis Tipakalippa, an indigenous leader from the Tiwi islands. Indigenous rights activists view it as an important precedent in court battles where Indigenous groups are […]