Watt部长在5月31日前决定延长一个反对破坏岩石艺术和气候目标的天然气项目。 Minister Watt to decide by May 31 on extending a gas project opposed for harming rock art and climate goals.

联邦环境部长Murray Watt定于5月31日前决定将Woodside西北大陆架天然气项目的运行寿命从2030年延长至2070年。 Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt is set to decide by May 31 on extending Woodside's North West Shelf gas project's operational life from 2030 to 2070. 该项目受到环境团体和土著代表的强烈反对,他们认为该项目威胁着世界上最大的土著岩石艺术集,与澳大利亚到2050年实现净零的承诺背道而驰。 The project has faced strong opposition from environmental groups and Indigenous representatives, who argue it threatens the world's largest collection of Aboriginal rock art and contradicts Australia's net-zero by 2050 commitment. 西澳大利亚州政府已经批准了该计划,但仍然需要联邦最终批准。 The WA government has already approved the plan, but final federal approval is still needed.