Yes, it is a long way off the WA coast, but that does not mean it is any less destructive than spills that make landfall. Initial reports from PTTEP Australasia, owners of the offshore rig, indicated a small spill, this has been negated by later reports of an oil slick some 8kms long.
No doubt the truth lies somewhere in between. What it does do is raise the question about the protection of fragile environments that surround other such ventures. Barrow Island, the site chosen to house the infrastructure for the new Gorgon Project, being one that is currently in the spotlight.
Peter Garrett , the Federal Environment Minister, is expected to give that project the go ahead sometime next week.
It reminds me of the line in the old song......
"when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?"
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