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View all search resultsAn advocacy group claiming to represent 13,000 fishermen and seaweed farmers from East Nusa Tenggara has lambasted an Australia proposal to provide financial assistance in connection with an oil spill that devastated the livelihoods of fishermen and farmers in 2009.
Lawmakers have demanded the Indonesian government engage in intensive diplomatic talks with its Australian counterpart to resolve an oil spill in the Montara oil field that has destroyed the livelihoods of fishermen in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.
Care for West Timor Foundation (YPTB) chairman Ferdi Tanoni expressed his thanks for the Australian Greens’ support of the class action lawsuit filed by Indonesian fishermen against PTTEP Australia for an oil leak at its Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea in 2009.
The Australian Greens have conveyed their full support to the class action lawsuit filed by fishermen from East Nusa Tenggara over damages they suffered from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea in 2009.
The head of the concern for the West Timor Foundation’s (YPTB) advocacy team, Ferdi Tanoni, says oil leaking from PTTEP Australasia’s Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea in 2009 had a devastating effect on the livelihood of fishermen and coastal communities in East Nusa Tenggara, with fish catches and seaweed harvests continuing to decline in the heavily polluted waters.
The Federal Court of Australia in Sydney on Wednesday accepted a class action lawsuit filed by Indonesian fishermen, who are demanding PTTEP Australasia pay compensation for an oil leak at its Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea in 2009.
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