The Kimberley land grab is back on

The proposed development at James Price Point would be the 2nd largest LNG processing facility in the world, 2nd only to Qatar. Currently the North West Shelf puts out over 16 million tonnes of gas per annum, Woodside initially plans to ship out around 12 million tons and expand to approximately 25 million tonnes per annum. This is to be a multi user hub; the unnamed partners will bring the total to approximately 50 million tonnes a year.

It would add 39 million tonnes of Green House Gas emissions per annum; 5 per cent of Australia’s national total. Thirty billion liters of waste water would be released in to humpback whale, snub nosed dolphin, turtle and dugong habitat and this would wash down to Cable Beach with any oil spill in one to ten days.

It’s clear the public is not getting the full picture on the real extent and impacts of this Greenfield project on a pristine Kimberley coastline.

The W.A. Government should desist from attempting to advance this major industrial development using 1950's style colonial strong-arm tactics such as compulsory acquisition legislation, and instead be open to a thorough debate about more appropriate sites from the gas to be processed.

The Australian Conservation Foundation and the Broome community are opposed to the construction of the LNG processing hub at James Price Point on strong environmental grounds and support the option to pipe the gas to the Pilbara.