Woodside’s $30b Browse LNG project faces EPA knockback threat

One of the country’s biggest gas projects is at risk after the Western Australian Environmental Protection Agency knocked back Woodside Energy’s $30 billion Browse development north of Broome.

But the agency’s decision is preliminary, and Woodside will continue negotiating for approval. A final rejection would mark a dramatic intervention by the EPA, and be a major blow to Labor’s strategy to shore up gas supplies to 2050 and beyond.