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For the first time in eight years, the Albanese government has opened up public consultation on Woodside’s controversial Browse Gas Project. This is our chance to tell the government that Browse’s climate impacts should be assessed, and that the climate and environmental impacts of this project are unacceptable.

Specifically, the Environment Minister has accepted as valid ACF’s request to review the scope of the federal environmental assessment, which has triggered this round of public consultation. ACF’s reconsideration request provided new evidence to the Environment Minister that the climate pollution from Woodside’s Browse Project would kill nearly 30 million coral colonies on the Great Barrier Reef for every future mass bleaching event – and that this significant impact on our reef should be part of the government’s environmental assessment of this project. 

Add your name to our submission!

This is a critical opportunity to tell the Environment Minister that Australians don’t want Woodside’s Browse Gas Project to go ahead, and call for it to be assessed for its climate harm. 

We need 15,000 signatures to send a clear message to the government that the climate and environmental impacts of Woodside’s Browse Gas Project are unacceptable and we want the Albanese Government to save the Great Barrier Reef, Scott Reef and the nature we all love.

Submissions close on Tuesday 21st of July.

Here are the key points of the ACF Submission you would be adding your name to:

  • The climate impacts from Woodside’s Browse Gas Project must be considered under federal nature laws.
  • Substantial new scientific information prepared by ACF shows that the climate pollution from the Browse Gas Project will have significant impacts on the Great Barrier Reef, a matter protected under Australia’s nature laws.

Why this new scientific information is substantial:

  • It shows that the 1.6 billion tonnes of climate pollution from the Browse Project is likely to be a disaster for the Great Barrier Reef – killing nearly 30 million more corals in the Reef in each future mass bleaching event; and
  • It demonstrates future mass bleaching events and coral deaths are likely to happen more frequently, with less recovery time and increased cumulative effect on the survival of the Great Barrier Reef.
  • The original referral decision on the Browse Gas Project should be changed to take into account these climate impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • The Browse Gas Project will also harm threatened species and the iconic Scott Reef system in Western Australia. This includes the risk of catastrophic oil spills, gas extraction causing Scott Reef to sink harming the reef system and Green Turtle nesting grounds, and direct impacts on endangered Pygmy Blue Whales.
  • The Browse Gas Project produces fossil gas which is sent overseas. The climate pollution from burning fossil fuels comes back to hurt us and the nature we love here in Australia.
    ACF, along with signatories, requests that the Environment Minister reconsider how the Browse Project is being assessed under our federal nature laws and include the climate consequences for the Great Barrier Reef in that assessment.

Added your name but still want to write a formal submission? You can do so here!