Woodside's chief executive is calling for urgent reform of Australia's offshore approvals process after the Federal Court threatened to delay a $16 billion offshore gas project because an Indigenous woman wasn't adequately consulted.
The court last month sided with Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper, who had argued that seismic testing for the Scarborough gas project 375km off the coast of Western Australia could harm her songline, including whales and turtles.
