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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tom McIlroy and Adam Morton

Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision

Murray Watt
Environment minister Murray Watt is due to decide on Woodside’s plan to extend its North West Shelf gas processing plant by the end of the month. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The environment minister, Murray Watt, has knocked back two last-minute objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, clearing the way for a final decision on the controversial development.

Greenpeace and the Conservation Council of Western Australia were among groups opposing the expansion who were denied reconsideration related to the project, communicated to them via Watt’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on Thursday.

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