Federal Environment Minister accused of ‘cherry picking’ positive arguments to extend North West Shelf gas hub

Four days in, the Federal Court has scrutinised the decision to extend Australia's biggest gas project another 40 years, amid fears for Indigenous heritage and climate impacts.

Reasons given to extend Woodside’s flagship gas project to 2070 were ‘seriously defective’ as they ‘failed entirely’ to consider detrimental economic impacts, opponents argue.