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Two arrested after Greenpeace occupies Woodside gas platform
Environmental activists occupied an offshore rig to protest Woodside's planned gas projects, leading to police intervention and custody.
In brief
Environmental activists occupied an offshore rig to protest Woodside's planned gas projects, leading to police intervention and custody. Two Greenpeace activists were taken into police custody after occupying a Woodside gas platform two hundred kilometres off Western Australia's coast to protest the company's gas…
Four activists board Woodside platform
Greenpeace said four protesters travelled to the offshore rig early Saturday morning. Two of them set up temporary hanging tents to occupy the platform for as long as possible.
Police helicopter lands, two arrested
Special police forces landed a helicopter on the platform at around eleven thirty am Australian Western Standard Time. The activists safely removed themselves from their equipment before being taken into police custody around one pm.
Woodside says operations disrupted
Woodside confirmed the protest disrupted operations at the rig, which forms part of the company's twelve point five billion dollar Scarborough natural gas project. Pre-commissioning activities have been paused following the unauthorised access.
Woodside accuses activists of recklessness
Woodside said the activists had deliberately and unlawfully accessed the platform and endangered safety. A spokesperson said their conduct was dangerous, reckless and illegal, not peaceful.
“The activists' conduct is not peaceful. It is dangerous, reckless and illegal.”
Greenpeace defends trained activists
Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter said the activists were highly trained and experienced, with care always taken for health, safety and welfare.
The headline
Two Greenpeace activists were taken into police custody after occupying a Woodside gas platform two hundred kilometres off Western Australia's coast to protest the company's gas operations.
