Perth Voice Interactive

TURTLE costumes greeted WA premier Roger Cook as an alliance of conservation groups called for stronger nature laws.

The protest came after WA endured its hottest, driest summer on record, causing the biggest die-off of South West forests and Bibra Lake’s turtle population suffered a catastrophic collapse when foxes took advantage of the super-dry lake bed to hunt them in their dozens.

Conservation Council of WA fossil fuels program manager Anna Chapman took aim at resources giant Woodside’s plans to drill into the Browse basin by drilling underneath Scott Reef. “We showed up today to give voice to the turtles that are at risk of losing their habitats from offshore oil and gas projects like Woodside’s Burrup Hub, and the reefs that are at risk of collapse due to climate change,” she said.