Broome LNG project

The Browse LNG Development is a project that has the potential to deliver many benefits for all Australians. Woodside says it believes the development can deliver economic and social benefit to local communities. They have addressed people have various concerns about the proposed development, as well as many people including the Indigenous community who are welcoming the project so they can find jobs and business opportunities from Browse. James Price Point is the location for an LNG precinct was made after a government-led assessment of 43 different options in the Kimberley, as well as sites in the Pilbara and the Northern Territory. The site for the LNG precinct was selected after consultation with Kimberley Indigenous people, with two years of negotiations ending with signing on 30th June 2011 a Native Title Agreement with Woodside and the State of Western Australia. This is a huge benefit for Indigenous people in Kimberley, giving them employment, education, training and various other benefits. $1 billion will be the cost of the packages and represents one of the largest and most comprehensive benefits packages ever established between a resource company and Native Title claimants in Australia.
‘We believe the deal we signed today will help our mob have a better chance to be standing on our own feet and not relying on government in the future’ Jabirr Jabirr Traditional owner Anthony Watson said in a media release. The Kimberley Land Council's Wayne Bergmann was quoted in The Australian newspaper saying: ‘The opportunities and benefits in this agreement are so significant and unheard-of in indigenous, industry and government relationships they will set a new precedent for Aboriginal engagement nationally’ Browse LNG Development will only go ahead if it meets the criteria under Australian and Western Australian environmental laws and regulations. Woodside will then make the final decision and our joint venture partners to take a final investment decision on the Browse LNG Development in mid 2012, in line with the conditions of the Browse retention leases.