Scott Reef lies off the north-west coast of Western Australia.
Woodside’s Browse gas export proposal at Scott Reef would be disastrous for nature and climate, turning one of Australia’s most spectacular marine ecosystems into an industrial gas hub while putting endangered whales, turtles and hundreds of other marine species at risk.
Gas drilled at Scott Reef would be piped back to the highly controversial North West Shelf facility, where nearly all the gas would be exported overseas – leaving little for Australians while Woodside and its foreign partners pocket the profits.
If approved, Woodside’s drilling at Scott Reef would unleash around 1.6 billion tonnes of climate pollution (that’s four times Australia’s total annual emissions!) and lock Australia into decades more fossil fuel dependence. Australians don’t need this gas. We already have enough to meet domestic demand. Destroying Scott Reef isn’t about energy security – it’s about Big Gas greed.
This is bigger than one project. It’s a test of whether our government will keep giving the green light to fossil fuel giants, or finally stand up for our reefs, our climate and our future.
This petition demands that the federal government – namely Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Environment Minister Murray Watt – reject Woodside’s proposal to drill Browse under federal nature laws due to the project’s unavoidable impacts on endangered whales and turtles, Scott Reef, and the countless marine animals that rely on it, as well as the real threat of catastrophic oil spills.
Are you ready to stand up too? Add your name to the petition to show Labor that protecting Scott Reef from drilling is in the nation’s interest.
Scott Reef sits about 300 kilometres off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia, far enough out that most Australians have never heard its name. It is one of the largest oceanic reef systems in the country, rising from deep water to form two atolls, a sheltered lagoon and a small sand cay called Sandy Islet. The reef has grown here for thousands of years, largely undisturbed. Woodside now wants to drill dozens of gas wells within a few kilometres of it, and run a pipeline back to the North West Shelf plant on the Burrup Peninsula, home to the Murujuga rock art.
Every 250 signatures brings another resident home to the reef at the top of this page. Here is who lives there, and who is still waiting.
This gentle giant is slightly smaller than its relative the Antarctic blue whale, growing to around 24 metres and weighing up to 90 tonnes. Oh, and they’re entirely powered by krill, with the occasional sprinkle of plankton on the side. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it!