More than 15,000 Indonesian seaweed farmers have launched a Sydney lawsuit claiming a 2009 oil spill in Northern Australia destroyed their livelihoods.
The mixture of the oil and chemical dispersants, used after the spill, led to the solution spreading and destroying the seaweed crop and industry for that year and many years after, he said. The oil field was located about 250km northwest of the West Australian coast and about 700km from Darwin. The blowout on the oil rig occurred on 21 August in 2009, resulting in the 69 workers being evacuated and an exclusion zone created.'Truth can't be defeated': Indonesian seaweed farmers launch $200m class action over oil spill
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