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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Petra Stock

‘Hanging on by a thread’: 11th hour decision to protect endangered birds from SA space project plans welcomed

A Southern Emu-wren with a long wispy tail perches on a branch holding an insect
The Whalers Way ‘orbital launch complex’ on South Australia’s Eyre peninsula is home to southern Emu-wrens. Photograph: Mark Lethlean

Conservation groups have welcomed an 11th-hour decision to protect “precious and important habitat” on South Australia’s Eyre peninsula from plans for a rocket launching facility.

The Whalers Way “orbital launch complex”, which could see as many as 42 rockets a year take off from conservation land, had already been approved under federal and state planning and environment laws.

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