Calls for Woodside extension to be delayed until rock art study released

There are calls for the federal government to further delay a decision to extend the life of a major Woodside gas project in Western Australia's north until the release of a report into potential damage to nearby rock art. Government 'needs more time' Environmental groups, including the head of the Australian Conservation Foundation's climate change program, Gavin McFadzean, have vehemently opposed the North West Shelf extension after concerns about emissions from the project. Woodside's North West Shelf project will be required to comply with those air quality standards, and an interim guideline is supposed to be released alongside the second-year monitoring results. Murjuga Aboriginal Corporation would not be drawn on whether the second-year results should be made public before the federal government made a decision on the North West Shelf extension.