One of Australia's most productive industrial areas will be under the spotlight, after the federal government appointed an independent reporter to look into claims significant Aboriginal sites are being threatened by continued development.
The Burrup Peninsula's growing industrial zone, in the WA's Pilbara region, is the site of the country's largest liquefied natural gas producer, Woodside, the Yara Pilbara fertiliser plant, and will soon be home to the Perdaman fertiliser plant.