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Controversial Subsea 7 pipeline proposal for Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo put on hold.
MEDIA RELEASE: The WA Minister for Environment, Hon. Stephen Dawson, has confirmed that the Subsea 7 pipeline fabrication facility earmarked for Exmouth Gulf, Ningaloo has been put on hold. Furthermore, in recognition of the potential impacts of development proposals...
Wave of community concern stops new oil-gas exploration at Ningaloo but industrial threat remains
MEDIA RELEASE: An announcement by the Federal Government today confirmed that the proposal to open vast areas of the marine environment to the oil and gas industry off the famed Ningaloo World Heritage area (as well as Shark Bay and the Abrolhos Islands) has been...
Beautiful Ningaloo: One of WA’s biggest ever conservation communications campaigns launched to protect Exmouth Gulf
MEDIA RELEASE: Perth, 11 August 2020: Beautiful Ningaloo - one of WA’s biggest ever conservation communications campaigns - kicked off today with a series of major print, radio and online advertisements, and the mass distribution of postcards across Perth. The...
More than 30,000 people call for halt to oil and gas industrialisation proposals at Ningaloo-Exmouth Gulf
MEDIA RELEASE: 30 June 2020, Exmouth: The prospect of oil and gas development expanding south from the Pilbara to areas along the Ningaloo World Heritage area and into Exmouth Gulf has prompted a surge of concern from the community. More than 30,000 people have added...
As fear lifts, Ningaloo faces its own existential threat
"There is a promontory on our wild west coast where you watch streams of humpbacks puff and breach their way past shimmering lagoons and endless pale beaches. You’d be standing on ancient red powder on what we now call the North West Cape and what you’re looking over...
‘We will fight’: Oil and gas move off Ningaloo shocks protection groups
NEWS: Emma Young from WA Today writes, "A proposal to potentially open the waters off Ningaloo Reef and Shark Bay for oil and gas exploration makes clear the industry’s intention to push south from the Pilbara into these ecotourism hotspots, environmental groups say."...
Exmouth business owners speak out
VIDEO: These Exmouth business owners and locals explain why they don't want industrialisation at the Gulf. Have a listen. Video credit:...
Hear from inspirational Exmouth locals
VIDEO: Have a listen to what Exmouth locals and business owners love about the Gulf. So inspiring! Thank you to all for sharing with us. ...
Industrialisation at Exmouth Gulf could affect cruising whale sharks
NEWS: "Footage of whale sharks cruising the Exmouth Gulf during “off season” has cast doubt over a global engineering giant’s assertions the species does not frequent the Gulf and will not be impacted by industrialisation." Read the full story here:...
Thousands call for rejection of controversial pipeline
MEDIA RELEASE: Thousands call for rejection of controversial Exmouth Gulf industrial pipeline proposal amid heightened concerns during EPA assessment 21 November 2019, Perth: The proposal from multinational engineering giant, Subsea 7, to build a major industrial...