Gas project threatens ancient rock art
The Burrup Peninsula in the rugged north-west of Western Australia is home to some of the oldest rock carvings in the world, dating back tens of thousands of years.
But the area is also enormously rich in other resources, and energy giant Woodside Petroleum wants to strip away some of the rock artworks to build a plant as part of its Pluto gas project.
The Federal Government is now considering whether the Burrup Peninsula should be listed on the National Heritage register.
But it’s widely expected it will reject this proposal and instead reach agreement with the Western Australian Government to greenlight the resource development at the expense of some of the artworks.
Tags: Australia, Burrup Peninsula, economics, indigenous
