Woodside Petroleum signs native title agreement, gets go ahead for $30bn LNG project TRADITIONAL owners in the Kimberley have signed off on a major consent agreement with Woodside Petroleum and the West Australian government for a $30 billion gas hub north of Broome. Premier Colin Barnett said at the signing at Parliament House in Perth today that it was an "absolute milestone" in the history of Aboriginal and wider relations in Australia. He said it was "an historic roll of the dice" for Kimberley Aboriginal communities following exhaustive and often emotional negotiations and it had to succeed. The liquified natural gas project, to process gas from the Browse Basin off the Kimberley coast, is to be built at James Price Point about 60km north of Broome. Kimberley Land Council chief negotiator Wayne Bergmann said the deal was about creating life-changing economic opportunities for future indigenous generations in the Kimberley. Woodside chief executive officer Peter Coleman said the agreement produced certainty for the Browse gas development and benefits would start flowing immediately to indigenous communities. Under the agreement, $1.5 billion in benefits are expected to flow to indigenous communities in the Kimberley over 30 years. Mr Barnett told reporters after signing that protesters who continue to blockade access to the James Price Point site were "standing in the way of Aboriginal people" and would not be allowed to continue their blockage tactics.