Media Releases
Plan to dump rig near Ningaloo may breach law
MEDIA RELEASE: Australia could be in breach of international law if it allows oil and gas giant Woodside to dump a 2,529-tonne steel and plastic mooring next to the Ningaloo World Heritage Area, according to legal advice obtained by the Australian Conservation...
Calls for Exmouth Gulf to be heritage-listed on 10-year anniversary of Ningaloo Coast World Heritage listing, following UN’s advice
MEDIA RELEASE: On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Ningaloo Coast being inscribed on the World Heritage list, Protect Ningaloo is today calling on the WA and Federal Governments to trigger the necessary processes to include Exmouth Gulf as part of the...
Exmouth Gulf’s future hangs in the balance
By Paul Gamblin, Director, Protect Ningaloo. OPINION: Exmouth Gulf’s future will be determined to a large extent by the decisions we make right now. It’s at a turning point. Proponents of the ‘Gascoyne Gateway’ deepwater port proposal have sought to make their case...
Breaking: Controversial Gascoyne Gateway industrial deepwater port seeking formal environmental approval in Exmouth Gulf
STATEMENT: Today Gascoyne Gateway has submitted its deepwater port proposal to the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), after also submitting it to the Federal Government this week. Following a short public comment period, both State and Federal Governments...
Ningaloo-Exmouth Gulf’s natural drawcards are a job-creating engine: New economic analysis
An important new report from Deloitte, commissioned by the WA government has found the Ningaloo region, including Exmouth Gulf, supports more than 1000 full-time jobs & contributes more than $110 million to the WA economy, 90% from tourism (2018-19FY). In response...
Subsea 7 withdraws industrial oil and gas pipeline fabrication proposal from Exmouth Gulf
MEDIA RELEASE: Subsea 7, the global oil and gas services company that proposed to build a large pipeline fabrication facility and towing operation in Exmouth Gulf, has indicated today that it has withdrawn the project. Protect Ningaloo Director, Paul Gamblin said,...
Global assessment of World Heritage sites raises concerns about Ningaloo
MEDIA RELEASE: The Ningaloo Coast World Heritage area has been downgraded in the third IUCN Outlook global report for natural World Heritage sites. Ningaloo was previously classified as ‘Good’ but has been downgraded to ‘Good with some concerns’. The analysis...
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...