WA government seizing Aboriginal land for gas project

The WA Government has announced it plans to seize landof land in the Kimberley for a massive liquefied gas project north of Broome. The project will be developed by Woodside, the same company currently planning to cheat East Timor out of billions of revenue. The WA Premier has apparently lost patience after two years of negotiating. The has sparked opposition from local Aboriginal groups, the KLC, the Wilderness Society and the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Environmental groups have announced they will launch an international campaign. Mick Dodson has labelled the land grab as "old style colonialism" and Get Up has launched a campaign to pressure the WA government on the issue.

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