Santos pursues environmentalist groups Jubilee Australia Research Centre, The Sunrise Project Australia, Environment Centre NT and Market Forces for bankrolling Barossa gas pipeline protest

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The gas producer wants four activist groups to hand over documents that could show who funded litigation against its offshore project north of Darwin.

Already a subscriber?Santos has asked a court to force four environmental groups to hand over communications with the Environmental Defenders Office as it seeks to uncover who bankrolled a failed campaign to stop its massive Barossa gas project.

In January, the Federal Court ruled arguments made by the EDO – that the Barossa project risked Indigenous cultural heritage – relied on contradictory and made-up evidence. It found evidence presented by the EDO, which received taxpayer funds, involved “confection” and the coaching of Indigenous witnesses.

Adam Hochroth, appearing for Santos, told a hearing in Adelaide on Friday that the company was seeking a third-party costs order against the EDO and may also seek similar orders against the four activist groups.the Stop Barossa Gas campaign“Communications between the four organisations and the EDO could possibly throw light … on how the EDO was able to fund the proceedings,” he said on Friday.

said ongoing environmental activism was likely to continue to plague the $5.8 billion Barossa project and other major resources projects across the country.

 

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