Environmental Defenders’ Office funding ‘goes against Asian allies’

Angela Macdonald-SmithSenior resources writer

Oct 27, 2022 – 4.00pm

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The allocation of almost $10 million in the budget for organisations that have launched legal challenges against multi-billion-dollar gas projects by Woodside Energy and Santos has riled the industry and looks set to worry valuable trading allies Japan and Korea.

Some $9.8 million is to be provided over four years to the Environmental Defenders’ Office and Environmental Justice Australia.

Angela Macdonald-Smith writes on the resources industry with a focus on energy, including gas, oil, electricity and renewables.