The #Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: #Australia’ s ‘ #environment protection’ law does no such thing
Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the #EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/australia-laws-to-protect-the-environment-dont-work-woodside-greenlight-proves-it#::text

The Woodside case proves what we’ve long suspected: Australia’s ‘environment protection’ law does no such thing
Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve
The GuardianFederal #environment minister knew of #rock_art fears before granting Woodside North West Shelf extension
#Woodside Energy's North West Shelf has received final approval from the federal government, extending its potential operating life to 2070
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-30/murray-watt-murujuga-rock-art-woodside-extension/105831128

Minister knew of rock art threat before approving Woodside gas plant extension
The federal environment minister was advised pollution from Woodside's Karratha Gas Plant may be causing irreversible changes to ancient rock art, before granting the company a 40-year extension with strict conditions.
#US private #prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on #Nauru in quiet expansion of contract
A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of #gross_mismanagement and a process ‘run out of control’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/us-private-prisons-operator-paid-790m-to-hold-100-people-on-nauru-in-quiet-expansion-of-contract?utm_term

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract
Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’
The Guardian#US private #prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on #Nauru in quiet expansion of contract
A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of #gross_mismanagement and a process ‘run out of control’
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/us-private-prisons-operator-paid-790m-to-hold-100-people-on-nauru-in-quiet-expansion-of-contract?utm_term

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract
Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’
The Guardian