14th May, 20212

Today on Premier Colin Barnett’s orders approximately 80 police lined the Manari Road turnoff to James Price Point to escort Woodside’s convoy of equipment which included, a fuel tank, a crane, a transportable medical centre, a generator and a bobcat to ensure safe passage from a handful of broome no gas community protestors who stood shocked on the side of the road watching the farce.

When I asked one such community member what they thought of the spectacle of such a massive deployment of police resources, his response was, “Hilarious, to see maybe a 100 police lining the road to protect a convoy of privately owned resource company equipment from maybe 15 community members and traditional owners, it’s an embarrassment to this country”.

In an interview with Pete Cooper from the Wilderness Society at the corner of the Cape Leveque and Manari Highway. “I am here with a smattering of the Broome Community but also with dozens and dozens of police officers.

We are expecting a convoy of Woodside vehicles to come through shortly and the fact that there are so many police here, really shows that this project has no support in Broome.

This project has no social license and Premier Barnett, Woodside and the Joint Venture Partners are forcing this project on Broome. There are other options, we are not saying that we should not take the gas out, we are just saying that we should not put this plant on James Price Point.

This is a pristine area and there is no need for this development here and it is not wanted.”