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18 October 2026

Two people in custody after protest at offshore Woodside gas platform

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Two people in custody after protest at offshore Woodside gas platform

Two people are in police custody after occupying an offshore Woodside platform about 200 kilometres off Western Australia's coast to protest against the company's gas operations.

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