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Environmentalists launch suit to quash North West Shelf approval

Environmentalists launch suit to quash North West Shelf approval

A rock art preservation group backed by the Holmes à Court family matriarch has launched a Supreme Court challenge to overturn the Western Australian government's approval of gas giant Woodside's plans to extend the life of its North West Shelf operation.
Court documents obtained by The Australian Financial Review show that Friends of Australian Rock Art Inc filed an application for judicial review of the decision on Thursday, the last day of a six-month period allowing an appeal of the ruling.
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