Woodside temporarily blocked from carrying out seismic testing at major gas project off WA coast

Woodside has been temporarily blocked from moving ahead with part of a major gas project off WA's northern coast. She said while the company was arguing its environmental plan addressed Ms Cooper's concerns, that could not be the case because "Woodside does not yet know" what those concerns are. Accepting some additional consultation had taken place since the plan had been approved, Dr Hilly said there were still "significant and serious concerns" Ms Cooper wanted to raise with Woodside in a "culturally appropriate" way. Significant cost in delaying work In response, Woodside's lawyer Stephen Penglis told Justice Colvin the EDO had "not come to grips with" the significant financial cost to Woodside of delaying the testing. Mr Penglis said he was not "ignoring" the interests of Ms Cooper, but that even if her case was successful the ultimate effect was to delay Woodside's activity, not prevent them.