Hello, this is Business Daily. I'm Vivian Nunes and today we're taking you to a marine

wilderness north of Australia. Here sit the Tiwi Islands, home to Aboriginal communities for

thousands of years. But life on the islands might never be the same since a new offshore

gas field and deep sea pipeline are planned for the nearby Timor

Sea. We know that country. We have burial sites there. We have memories of that that are being

passed down for tens of thousands of years and they're just dismissing it and dismissing us

and dismissing what we've got to say. South Korean banks funding the gas field are facing legal action,

while industry experts have questioned the viability of the project.

The Barrosa project would produce about one and a half tonnes of CO2

for every ton of LNG it produces.

The Australian government is accelerating its investment in new gas projects.

So who will win out, the oil and gas industry,

or those fighting against the rigs, wells and drills?

That's Business Daily from the BBC.

The Tiwi are Aboriginal people who have lived on islands north of Australia for 15,000 years. Rising sea levels cut off the islands from the mainland thousands of years ago and today the Tiwi retain a distinct language and culture.

A traditional ceremony filmed by the Tiwi Land Council shows local men taking turns to dance.

They lift up their knees and then stamp and shunt along the sand in time to the beat,

while other clan members stand in a circle keeping time.

The Tiwi people's lives are intertwined with the island environment and the surrounding seas.

To the northwest of the islands is the Oceanic Shoals Marine Park,

an area treasured by biologists for its diversity.

But the Tiwi say their way of life is now under threat.

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