Gas company’s approval set aside after Justice Mordecai Bromberg found the regulator did not consult properly with traditional owners
Tiwi Islanders have won a landmark case against drilling for gas by Santos in their traditional waters after complaining that the company failed to consult them about the impact of the project.
On Wednesday, judge Mordecai Bromberg set aside approval for the drilling, part of Santos’s Barossa project and gave Santos two weeks to shut down and remove its rig from the sea north of Melville Island.