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Traditional owners lodge human rights complaint against super funds over Santos gas investment

Traditional owners from across Australia have travelled to the Tiwi Islands to lodge a human rights complaint against the top 20 superannuation funds over their investment in gas giant Santos.

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Santos CEO derides Greens influence on energy policy

Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher says Australia's energy policies have handed power to the Greens who just want to shut everything down.

AAP

Santos confirms Cooper Basin pipeline explosion, as protesters converge on company AGM

The oil and gas company says it is unaware how much gas was released when a pipeline in South Australia's outback exploded in January. Meanwhile, Aboriginal traditional owners walk out of the company's AGM in Adelaide.

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Tiwi Islands traditional owners lodge human rights complaint against banks over $1.5b Santos loan

Traditional owners of the Tiwi Islands have lodged human rights grievances against 12 banks for their involvement in a $1.5 billion loan to Santos for its Barossa offshore gas project.

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Traditional owners ask banks to reconsider Santos loan

Activist lawyers have sent human rights complaints to a dozen banks that helped Santos finance its offshore Barossa project.

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Future of Santos's $4.7 billion Barossa project unclear after safeguard mechanism reforms

Santos's Barossa gas project is one of the most carbon-intensive in the world. Will it still go ahead after the federal government's safeguard mechanism reforms?

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Fatal crashes in Hackham, Barossa, add to South Australia's horror road toll

A 51-year-old Glenelg woman died following a crash, which also injured five others, at Hackham in the early hours of Saturday morning, while a 59-year-old man from the Barossa died in a motorcycle crash on Friday evening.

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Tiwi Islanders accuse Santos of leaving out Barossa gas project environmental risks from community consultations

Tiwi elder Therese Bourke says she felt like Santos was "sweetening up" community members at consultation meetings last month.

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Santos ordered to delay building gas pipeline for Barossa project until impact on Indigenous sites re-examined

In another setback for Santos' $4.7 billion Barossa gas project, the national regulator has ordered the company to pause construction of its pipeline over concerns about its potential impact on Indigenous cultural sites.

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Complaint to ASX over Santos remarks

Environmentalists have complained to the Australian stock exchange and corporate watchdog about gas producer Santos and its comments about an NT gas project.

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Santos loses Federal Court appeal over Barossa gas project after challenge by Tiwi Island traditional owners

Gas company Santos has lost its appeal against the decision that overturned approvals for its $4.7 billion gas project underway in waters off the Tiwi Islands.

ABC News

Santos loses appeal for huge NT gas works

The full Federal Court has ruled a judge was correct in halting drilling at Santos' multibillion-dollar Barossa gas project off the Tiwi Islands.

AAP

Santos launches Federal Court appeal over Barossa gas project ruling in favour of Tiwi Islands traditional owners

Lawyers for Santos have told a court the gas giant was not legally required to consult a specific clan of traditional owners over its plans to drill in the Barossa gas field in the Timor Sea, north of Darwin.

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Santos withdraws applications for NT gas pipeline approval over legal challenge risk

Company is already in court fighting allegations it failed to properly consult Tiwi Islanders over another part of the Barossa project

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Santos to pause drilling in Barossa gas field north of the Tiwi Islands pending federal court decision

Santos says it will temporarily pause its expansion of a multi-billion-dollar gas project in Northern Territory gas fields following a challenge by Tiwi traditional owners.

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Santos agrees to slow Barossa drilling

Santos has agreed not to hit gas in the Barossa field or start any new wells there while a decision on a Federal Court challenge is awaited.

The Guardian - AU

Tiwi Islanders challenge offshore drilling, saying Santos did not consult them

Santos has reported attempt to contact Tiwi land council over $4.7bn Barossa gasfield but federal court challenge claims it did not meet its legal obligations

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Tiwi traditional owners launch Federal Court action to try to stop Santos Barossa gas field

Traditional owner Dennis Tipakalippa says he was not consulted about Santos's multi-billion-dollar Barossa project, which will run a gas pipeline through his family's sea country.

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Traditional owners vow to keep fighting Barossa gas field despite losing South Korean court battle

Indigenous traditional owners say they won't give up their opposition to Santos's proposed Timor Sea Barossa gas field and pipeline to Darwin, after they suffered a court defeat in South Korea.

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South Korean financier pauses loan for multi-billion dollar Barossa gas project

Traditional owners in the Northern Territory and environmentalists claim a win in their bid to derail a major gas project, to be built and operated by Santos, with a key investor delaying a decision on whether to fund part of the project.

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NT traditional owners take legal action over Santos's Barossa gas project north of Darwin

Tiwi and Larrakia elders fear their sea country could be impacted by Santos's Barossa gas project in the NT, one of the biggest developments announced in the Australian oil and gas sector in recent years.

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Heavy rain turns Adelaide streets into rivers, as late summer storm also hits Barossa

As eastern Australia is deluged, parts of Adelaide and the Barossa are also being inundated by intense storms, albeit on a smaller scale, with heavy rain submerging city streets.

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Santos's Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage plans may not stack up, report says

A new gas field in northern Australia may produce more carbon dioxide than LNG, even with a huge carbon capture and storage proposal.

AAP

Protesters rally in Darwin against Santos

Protesters have rallied in Darwin to voice their concerns about Santos gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin and the company's Barossa offshore gas project.

The Guardian - AU

NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened

Australia to scrap PCR test requirement for international arrivals; Triple J counts down Hottest 100. This blog is now closed

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