The Australia Institute Media Release
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Department has approved a major part of Santos’ controversial Barossa gas export project, the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project.
The approval was made on 15 March, but only published on the DCCEEW website at 5:15 pm on 27 March, at the end of the parliamentary week and shortly before the Easter holidays.
“The Santos Barossa Project is the dirtiest gas project in Australia and should not proceed on climate grounds alone,” said Rod Campbell, Research Director at The Australia Institute.
“But Barossa is even worse than other gas projects, not just due to its CO2 content, but because of the staunch opposition of Tiwi Island Traditional Owners.
“The Federal Government has already bent over backwards for this project, rushing its ‘favour for Santos’ Bill through the parliament late last year with the support of the Liberal-National Coalition.
“Now we see a rapid project approval, published quietly just before the Easter holidays. This is a classic case of the government taking out the trash.
“Australia’s climate-wrecking fossil fuel export industry is being quietly assisted by the Federal Government at every opportunity, while ministers make as much noise as they can about new car regulations.
“Any government that was serious about climate, Traditional Owner consultation, relations with the Pacific and basic integrity would not have approved this project.
“Barossa is just one of the 100 new fossil fuel projects under development in Australia. Australia is still transitioning to more fossil fuels, not away from them.
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Albo’s mob continue to demonstrate that they are as trustworthy as Morrison/Dutton’s mob. The big end of town still runs this country.
I’m inclined to agree with you, David.
Lets face it… money rules…forget all the weaselese.The best we can hope for is a well hung parliament.Meanwhile let’s crush anything meaningful with the foul shit that passes for public ‘information’,and the usual ‘bread and circuses’ schtick.By the two inreasingly irrelelevant,and soon to be non major political parties.I hope I live long enough to see it…..Or the end of the world,whichever comes first.Current odds:even money.
I’m inclined to believe the mainstream media and the cabal of fossil-fuel misinformation / disinformation spreaders are preventing the dissemination of the extremely complex methodology and steps toward transition of energy and industrial systems away from environmentally destructive olde worlde systems extant. It’s an extremely difficult and massively expensive thing to accomplish and requires a mindblowing pivot away from the traditional economic frameworks – it will take substantial strength of purpose to bring on the stepped changes without destabilizing the social glue.
The moronic sensation seeking mainstream media and the fossil-fuel cabal are quite happy to destabilize the entire democratic project just to continue spreading their stupidity. Their hubris will see them go down like rats with their sinking ships.
One is unlikely to see this very important renewables solar article on the front pages of the mainstream media.