Australian oil spill class action trial begins in Federal Court

The West Atlas rig and Montara Well head platform on fire in 2009

The West Atlas rig and Montara Well head platform on fire in 2009 Source: AAP

SBS News In Depth
View Podcast Series
Download the SBS Audio appAvailable on iOS and Android

The Montara oil spill of 2009 in Northern Australia saw thousands of barrels of oil pour into the Timor Sea, destroying local fishermen's livelihoods

Share

Latest podcast episodes

Nuclear scientist Dr Debashish Mazumder is working to end food fraud (SBS-Spencer Austad).jpg
Undated photo of two unidentified young women in Afghanistan (GettyImages)
Silhouette of Concorde supersonic airplane against sunset sky
OTM - Money, currency, US dollar, foreign exchange (SBS).jpg

Recommended for you

A composite image of a house, Australia and the sun
Oil production in Venezuela
A stylised image featuring two male and a female politician, with the Bondi Pavilion memorial in the background.
A stylised image featuring a male and a female politician in the foreground, with a faded 'Arrival immigration' sign behind them and a crowd below.
Masked customers line up for a market stall selling beef.
An influenza H3N2 strain virus particle
People walking along a busy train platform in a large city.
Two male politicians heads, Anthony Albanese and John Howard, with firearms in the background in black and white.

Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Follow SBS News
facebook
X (Twitter)
instagram
youtube
tiktok
rss
Download our apps
SBS News
iOSAndroid
SBS Audio
iOSAndroid
SBS On Demand
iOSAndroid
Listen to our podcasts
SBS News Update
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
SBS News In Depth
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
SBS On the Money
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
SBS News in Easy English
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.
Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch nowOn Demand
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world