The Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia is threatened!

The Nullarbor Plain is the world’s largest arid limestone karst. It harbours a spectacular hidden world of ancient caves, blowholes, dolines and rock holes, of staggering beauty, exceptional scientific values and priceless cultural importance. 

In South Australia, about one-third of the Nullarbor karst and the Great Australian Bight are protected within the Nullarbor National Park-Wilderness Protection Area and the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. 

The South Australian portions of the Nullarbor and Bight are currently being promoted for UNESCO World Heritage Nomination.

In stark contrast, in Western Australia, 22,000 square kilometres of the Nullarbor karst and its connected marine ecosystem, are under imminent threat of industrialisation for hydrogen production.

The proposed Western 'Green' Energy Hub - which includes 3,000 wind turbines, 60,000,000 solar panels and a new town of 8,000 people - is utterly incompatible  with the fragile and globally significant Nullarbor karst.

Australia needs new decarbonised energy developments to combat global climate change and meet its international obligations. 

New energy projects, whether wind and solar based, hydro or nuclear, need to be rigorously evaluated for their environmental, social, and economic impacts, to ensure that they do not damage, disfigure, or destroy places with superlative natural and cultural heritage values.      

Industrialisation of the Nullarbor Plain will permanently damage this unique and fragile karst landscape which holds superlative natural and cultural heritage values of World Heritage significance. 

It is imperative that this colossal renewables-driven hydrogen /ammonia export venture is not developed on the Nullarbor limestone.  

The Nullarbor is not suitable for industrialisation!

The Nullarbor deserves to be respected, cherished and preserved forever.

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