Indigenous Australians fail bid to block major gas project
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Sydney (AFP) Jan 15, 2024
A group of Indigenous Australians lost a courtroom battle on Monday to block a major gas pipeline which could soon resume construction off the country's northern coast. Fuel producer Santos - one of Australia's largest energy companies - is planning to lay an underwater pipeline to pump gas from offshore wells to the mainland. Tiwi Islands traditional owner Simon Munkara last year secu