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Rudi Maxwell

Tiwi songline protected from pipeline but work allowed

Simon Munkara argued Santos had not properly assessed submerged cultural heritage. (HANDOUT/TYMUNNA CLEMENTS)

Santos will be able to begin work on its gas export pipeline in the Timor Sea, apart from a specific area, after the Federal Court ordered a qualified injunction.

In early November the court granted Tiwi traditional owner Simon Munkara, a Jikilaruwu man, an urgent temporary injunction against Santos' construction of the Barossa export pipeline.

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