Traditional owner alleges company failed to adequately consult on effect of Scarborough project blasting on sea country
A traditional owner has filed a legal challenge to the approval of seismic blasting for Woodside’s Scarborough offshore gas project inMardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper is seeking a judicial review of the offshore petroleum regulator Nopsema’s decision to grant the approval despite concerns consultation with traditional owners had been inadequate.in the federal court last year that overturned the drilling approval for Santos’s Barossa gas project off the Northern Territory.
Cooper said she was worried about the effect seismic blasting would have on sea country but had not had the opportunity to explain this properly to Woodside.“The activities happening in our sea country are affecting places of cultural significance and disrupting our songlines,” she alleged. “The whales are showing us all around the world that they are in trouble, and if they are in trouble then so is our very existence.
Nopsema approved the seismic blasting last month but attached a condition that Woodside needed to carry out further consultation before any testing commenced.
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