Environmentalists fear premier could legislate away regulations and undo progress toward net zero at the stroke of a pen
On 12 February 2019 the premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, attended a dinner with the board of Woodside – just a few weeks before two highly controversial decisions that would be worth billions for some of the biggest players in the WA gas industry, including Woodside.
At the time, WA’s Environmental Protection Agency was finalising an important policy on offsets for the oil and gas industry.