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Environment
Tara Cosoleto

Santos appeals landmark drilling decision

Santos is appealing a judgment against approval of drilling in the Barossa gas field. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Traditional owners did not need to be consulted on a massive gas project off the Tiwi Islands because they were not people with relevant interests, a gas company has argued.

Santos is appealing a landmark Federal Court decision, where Justice Mordecai Bromberg ruled the offshore gas regulator should not have approved environmental plans to drill in the Barossa gas field, 265km northwest of Darwin.

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