Labor must decide what its legacy will be

Will Albo Scott Reef protect the cave to Woodside? A decision seems to be able to define her heritage and the future of Australia. David Ritter.

Federal Environment Minister Senator Murray Watt Suggested to confirm WoodSide’s extension North -west shelf Gas processing facility 2070 – a decision that makes an emergency and emergency election about the inheritance he wants to leave the Albanian Government.

Prime minister Anthony Arbanese There was still a small child in the backyard of Camperdown, petrochemical companies were lining up to make oil and gas exercises at the major barrier reef.

After a turmoil by the relevant citizens, in November 1974, the Prime Minister Gough Whitlam He announced that the Australian government would form a maritime park. Big barrier reef Oil drilling. Today, every Australian has a reason to be grateful for this intervention.

Today, there is a very similar situation on the west coast of Australia; The proposed approval of the North West shelf mobilized a chain of event that would determine the fate of incredible ecological jewels. Scott Reef.

The Scott Reef Complex is the largest independent ocean reef at the Australia’s largest independent ocean reef athlete and the pymmiye blue whales and green sea turtles are habitats, sharks, sea snakes, rays, saws, including fish; Extraordinary corals, bird life and fertility of other sea creatures.

You can see rarely for those who have no reserve to visit Scott Reef. pull From a recent scientific research trip to this author Tim Winton not just one ‘Biodiversity Bank’ But ‘The wild place that feeds our soul’.

In short: Scott Reef is a national and global treasure. However, he is also sitting above Australia’s largest unused traditional gas reserves, Take a look – Where is Petrochemistry Giant Forest energy He wants to drill for gas.

WoodSide’s North -West shelf proposal is linked to the last game of the company’s gas drilling in Scott Reef for overseas export. It is to process gas under the Scott Reef of WoodSide’s North West Railing Facility dating back to 2070. Their plans are to drill between 57 gas wells, some of whom are close to Scott Reef.

Minister Watt effectively opened one of the doors to Scott Reef and brought the drills to reef one step closer.

The next decision on whether the Albanian government will approve of Woodsyide’s offering offers will show the real colors of the government to the Australians.

The possibility of allowing oil or gas exercise in a large barrier reef will be considered as absolute madness today – but this is exactly the decision of the Albanian government.

WoodSide’s environmental history Petroleum spillsrotting decaying fossil fuel infrastructure In the ocean, a collision By a WoodSide Contractor, release a whale calf and the latest 16,000 liters Hydrocarbons During the “Cleaning” operation of the northeast, the ocean Ningaloo Sea Park. Nothing in this record, Woodside future Scott Reef.

All this is of course combined with the climate effects of the project; The North West Shelf extension is the largest new fossil fuel project in the Southern Hemisphere. The emissions of WoodSide’s project will worse the effects of climate change, such as floods, forest fires and droughts, which are destructive communities in Australia.

The green illumination of WoodSide’s exercise plans in Scott Reef, including the Albanian government’s goal of stopping and reversing the loss of biological diversity by 2030 and its international commitments. Global Ocean Alliance And Ambition coalition for nature and people.

The federal election provided the country’s overwhelming task to seize the renewable energy path, rather than double the pollutant fossil fuels.

We love our Australians oceans. Labour’s election win was delivered by a voter who deeply cared about nature, by a voter who supports a rapid transition to a cleaner energy about the future of our children and overwhelming. Western Australia’s potential to build an economy on renewable energy, clean industry and good green works is among the best in the world.

Any politician who allows the industrialization of Scott Reef will be remembered as a vandal and a debris that enters the pressure of a multinational fossil fuel company. This should not be Albo’s legacy.

When the prime minister of workers took steps to save other ecological jewelery such as the Great Barrier and the Franklin River, Dintree Rainforest and Antarctica – Albo has now the chance to save Scott Residence for the Western Australians, Australians and the world.

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David Ritter, Greenpeace Australia Pacific. You can follow David on Twitter @David_ritter.

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