Aboriginal woman’s ‘mystical views’ halt seismic testing

Sky News host Andrew Bolt has expressed disbelief over Woodside Energy’s seismic testing being stopped after an Aboriginal woman claimed it would disrupt the songlines of whales.

Raelene Cooper claimed she hadn't been consulted enough about the seismic testing and expressed concern over what it would do to the songlines.

Woodside told the federal court it had never been told of any whale songline in the area of its project until it read an affidavit from Ms Cooper.

“So this is why a major gas project of importance to all Australians is being halted – because one woman, with mixed heritage, has mystical views which she claims come from Aboriginal culture,” Mr Bolt said.

“I may be too cynical, but I often wonder how many Aborigines today sincerely believe such stories and how many just use them for leverage, for one reason or another.”

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