Documents obtained under FOI laws by an environmental group have revealed the CLP Government ignored health experts’ concerns in 2024 about pollution from liquefied natural gas facilities near Darwin, only taking action last month.

It was revealed on Monday by Climate Integrity, a research and advocacy not-for-profit, that the medical advisory committee from Darwin Royal Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital warned newly-elected Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro in September 2024, that INPEXʼs Ichthys LNG plant, which processes LNG for export, alongside Santos, was emitting dangerous levels of toxic pollution and that they were not held accountable by the previous Labor government, with no pollution limits imposed on LNG producers.

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