"The government is allowing Alcoa to do whatever they friggin want," according to a long-term campaigner for better regulation of WA's alumina refineries.
The Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline owned by the Australian Gas Infrastructure Group, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based CK Infrastructure Holdings, has transported gas from the Pilbara to the South West of WA since 1984.
As Asia scrambles for gas, another Australian gas export plant is out of action, and the WA Government monitors the situation to ensure sufficient fuel for the state.
WA's competition regulator has accepted that competition from renewable energy will shrink the economic life of the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline by more than three decades.
