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Another refinery, another dumb idea dressed up as sovereignty
['Glenn Dyer', 'Bernard Keane', 'Rich James', 'Jesse Noakes']
Crikey
“Sovereign refining capability.”
“Fuel security.”
Look out, taxpayers, some spiv is about to raid the public purse — with the government and media’s blessing.
Those two arms of the fossil fuel industry, the federal and WA Labor governments, have announced a $4 million “pre-feasibility study” into a possible new refinery in Western Australia — an idea touted by a company called Perdaman, which touts itself as “a visionary, family-owned, multinational organisation”.
Perdaman doesn’t currently own or operate any refineries, but it is developing an A$6.45