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Environment
Tara Cosoleto

Tiwi Islanders held interests in gas field

A Tiwi Islander successfully challenged regulatory approval of plans to drill the Barossa gas field. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Santos should have consulted traditional owners on its massive gas project off the Tiwi Islands because they were clearly people with valid interests, a barrister says.

Tiwi Islander Dennis Tipakalippa successfully challenged in September the offshore gas regulator's approval of Santos' plans to drill in the Barossa gas field, 265km northwest of Darwin.

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