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Adelaide-based Santos will be able to begin work on its $5 billion gas export pipeline in the Timor Sea, apart from near the Tiwi Islands, following a Federal Court decision.
A judge said while there should be further orders restraining work on the pipeline, they shouldn't apply to the entire route.
The 22-page report, “‘Working On Oil is Forbidden’: Crackdown Against Environmental Defenders in Uganda” documents the Ugandan government’s restrictions on freedom of expression, association, and assembly related to oil development, including the planned East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Civil society organizations and environmental defenders regularly report being harassed and intimidated, unlawfully detained, or arbitrarily arrested.
Justice Charlesworth will hold a hearing on Wednesday to allow the traditional owners and Santos to fully lay out their arguments.
Elders applied for federal heritage protection of the proposed McPhillamys site on Kings Plains in 2021 but are yet to receive a response