Prelude FLNG Facility
At the heart of our gas portfolio in Western Australia is Prelude. The Prelude facility produces natural gas from an offshore field approximately 475km north-north east of Broome in Western Australia.
Prelude is a planned to be a multi-decade project and will require additional gas to maximise its operating life, the first of which will be from the Crux field.
We’re consulting with communities about Prelude
As part of Prelude’s revised Environment Plan, we’re looking to hear from people who have functions, interests or activities that may be affected.
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How we're supporting communities in the Kimberley region
Body copy underneath the sub-heading: Across Shell’s operations in Broome, Western Australia, we work with local businesses and community groups to help create a thriving community, today and for the years to come. We do this through our social investment and community initiatives, which is part of our commitment to Powering Lives.
Watch the stories below to learn more about how we’re helping community groups in the Kimberley region.
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Title: Broome businesses get a boost | The power of local community
Duration: 2 minutes and 53 seconds
Description:
The Shell-supported Kimberley Business Network is helping businesses grow and reach their potential. Discover how this bespoke program is supporting business owners, like Emma, navigate opportunities and challenges, and connect them with other local entrepreneurs.
Kimberley Business Network Transcript
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DESCRIPTION:
Waves lap at the shoreline of a remote beach, the horizon a mix of oranges and yellows and purples.
TEXT: Rubibi (Broome) Western Australia
A lone figure stands on a rocky shoreline as the sun rises.
Elsewhere, people gather at a low fence to watch the sunrise as two children run slowly past.
EMMA HAYNES:
Broome is a place that has natural beauty.
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A woman turns to a man and laughs on the shore as the golden sun heads skyward above the glistening ocean beyond.
Elsewhere, a couple sit on the sand next to a parked four-wheel drive on a rock strewn beach.
SCOTT BALLEM:
It's the kind of place where people thrive on working together, being part of a community.
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A camel train ambles along the flat sand of a beach as the glowing sun bathes the riders in light.
SCOTT BALEM:
Some of the innovative ways people have come up with business opportunities in the Kimberley is just amazing.
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Inside an office room, a man, Scott, sits at a desk. He has short grey hair and wears a white business shirt that has ‘Broome Chamber’ monogrammed on the left breast.
TEXT: Scott Balem – Business Advisor, Kimberley Business Network
SCOTT BALEM:
Shell understands how they can contribute to helping business grow in the community.
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Scott walks along a path alongside a white corrugated iron clad dwelling.
SCOTT BALEM:
The Kimberley Business Network has four key areas that we focus on.
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Inside, a man stands at a laptop computer near some photovoltaic batteries and other electrical installations.
Later, he stands alongside a white ute that has the logo ‘DPS’ on the driver’s door. The man has a shaved head and wears a black polo shirt.
SCOTT BALEM:
To help businesses grow, to connect, to invest and inform. We act as the voice of the Broome community.
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A young indigenous man stands and smiles near a stable of horses. He wears a black baseball cap and an orange-red collared shirt.
Elsewhere, a woman stands near some leafy trees. She has long black hair and wears a blue dress and pink dangly earrings.
Elsewhere again, a young woman stands on some green grass near two large trees. She has brown hair and wears a tan Akubra hat and pale blue shirt and jeans.
SCOTT BALEM:
Whatever the Broome community, the business community needs or is looking forward to help grow the economy of Broome, we act as the champion for them in that regard.
DESCRIPTION:
The young woman talks to a man with a moustache near a ute.
Outside, Scott opens a black folder and looks around thoughtfully.
SCOTT BALEM:
It's a service that is completely focused on the development of small businesses.
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A woman, Emma, sits on the verandah of a white corrugated iron clad dwelling. She has long light-brown hair with blonde highlights and wears a red and pink floral patterned dress.
TEXT: Emma Haynes – Founder, Emma the Celebrant
EMMA HAYNES:
I started my marriage celebrant business close to six years ago now. I'm more about being light-hearted and fun and what makes me, me and what makes my business unique. I know my strengths and weaknesses and it's really important to outsource on things that's gonna make my life a whole lot easier.
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Scott sits at a table in an office-like room making notes on a pad. HE gets up to greet Emma as she walks inside.
SCOTT BALLEM:
Hey Emma, how are you?
EMMA HAYNES:
Hey.
SCOTT BALLEM:
Good to see you. How's things?
EMMA HAYNES:
How you going?
SCOTT BALLEM:
Grab a seat.
EMMA HAYNES:
Yeah good.
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Emma sits down opposite Scott at the table.
SCOTT BALLEM:
When somebody starts to run a business, they do it 'cause they're passionate about something and then all of a sudden there's industrial relation laws and HR laws and taxation and insurances and all these things that they wouldn't normally have had to deal with. And the goal is to try and be able to say, let's help you find a way to deal with all that so you can pursue what you got into this for. And it's at no cost to them. Shell have been really critical, they've provided the funding and support helping that person achieve what they want to achieve. OK. So, does your marketing plan work for you or?
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Scott and Emma carry on their conversation at the table.
EMMA HAYNES:
100 percent.
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Outside, Scott zips up his black folder near a large tree.
EMMA HAYNES:
You can kind of just get stuck in your own little road, so to speak. Scott is a person that you can voice your ideas and opinions to. It's really helped my business to grow.
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Inside a dimly-lit office, Scott sits at a computer and sips from a white mug. His co-workers sit in a row beside him at other workstations.
SCOTT BALLEM:
We run a lot of events here at the chamber that are geared towards networking.
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Emma stands in the sunshine and smiles.
EMMA HAYNES:
There's always some sort of workshop, coffee session in regards to financial management, record keeping and marketing in particular. It really does help. I'm happy with where I'm at, but now it's promoting other small businesses.
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The camel train from earlier makes its way along a remote beach in the glow of the rising sun.
Scott walks down a street past retail shops and other businesses.
SCOTT BALLEM:
Not only are they looking at how they can grow their business, they're saying how can we utilise local resources too. Broome offers a broad range of opportunities and every time somebody in town is successful, there's a spinoff for everyone else. The community grows every time somebody here is successful.
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A couple swims in the small waves as the sun rises. The yellow and red Shell logo. White text below reads ‘The power of local community’.
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Title: Career pathways for Indigenous youth| The power of local community
Duration: 2 minutes and 53 seconds
Description:
Warrmijala Murrgurlayi (Rise Up To Work) is a Shell-supported employment program in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. It’s helping young Indigenous people find meaningful career pathways on Yawuru country. Find out how it’s empowering the participants.
Rise Up To Work Network Transcript
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DESCRIPTION:
An aerial view of a red dirt road cutting through bushland that stretches in all directions.
TEXT: Gumaranganyjal (Roebuck Plains Station), Western Australia
Sunshine glistens through the metal blades of a windmill. A herd of cows loiters in a dusty field beneath.
A woman, Timeah, sits beneath the shade of a tin roof shelter. She has long dark-brown hair and wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and a pale blue collared shirt and jeans.
TEXT: Timeah Archer – Coordinator Youth Training and Employment (Ewamian & Djungan, Far North QLD)
TIMEAH ARCHER:
When you're serving a community where their Aboriginal young people are the majority in that group and in their communities, ensuring that culturally appropriate and safe services and programs are provided to them is what's going to be attractive for them.
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An indigenous man sits on the metal rail of a fence and watches a herd of horses kick up dust inside a pen. He wears a black baseball cap and an orange collared shirt.
Two women wear cowboy hats and stand at the edge of a large stable complex. One of the women operates some hydraulic machinery.
The indigenous man from early walks beneath a large tin shelter.
A herd of cows gather at the edge of a dusty pen.
TIMEAH ARCHER:
Part of the Rise Up to Work program and the strong component of having culture embedded in that through the Yawuru practices really helps young people to thrive.
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A drone view of a large herd of cattle congregating at the edge of a bush stable complex.
An aerial view of a circular stable and pen area on flat hard-packed red dirt. Cows filter in from surrounding holding areas.
Elsewhere, a woman, Nini, sits alongside a stretch of lawn near some shady trees and green metal-clad buildings. She has long black hair and wears a blue dress and pink dangly earrings.
TEXT: Nini Mills – CEO, Nyamba Buru Yawuru
NINI MILLS:
Broome on Yawuru country, it's the regional town of the Kimberley region. Warrmijala Murrgurlayi was established in 2018 to provide opportunities for young people.
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Outside, a young man walks across a sandy stretch of ground. He has a dark moustache and wears a white cowboy hat, teal collared shirt and blue jeans.
Later, he leans on a fence rail alongside a smiling Timeah.
NINI MILLS:
There was a gap in capacity of our young people, particularly. So, it was intended to support them to upskill so that they can gain those meaningful employment opportunities.
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Cattle kick up red dust as they dash across an open grassy field.
NINI MILLS:
At Roebuck Plains, they can become upskilled and trained in agriculture. Young people love being out on country.
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The young man from earlier sits in the shade of a large tree with a group of people. His baseball cap is turned backwards.
A dusty sign reads ‘Gumaranganyjal (Roebuck Plains Station)’. Further lettering below reads ‘You are on Yawuru Country’.
NINI MILLS:
They feel a greater sense of contribution because the station, particularly Roebuck Plains Station, Gumaranganyjal, is owned and operated by Yawuru.
DESCRIPTION:
A brahman cow eats hay beneath the sunshine.
An aerial flyover of cattle gathered in a holding pen at the red-dirt station.
NINI MILLS:
Yawuru has had a long-standing connection to that country. If it wasn't for the investment from Shell, the program wouldn't be available.
DESCRIPTION:
Sunshine glistens through the metal blades of a windmill.
A large flock of pale birds zip through a cloudless sky.
Young men and women work in the cattle pens beneath the shade of the large tin roof.
NINI MILLS:
It means that we can provide greater supports to our young people, having pathways into meaningful employment. Through their engagement, they become empowered, and their empowerment contributes to our community nation building.
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In a montage: the young baseball cap man from earlier stands and smiles; Timeah stands and smiles; the moustachioed man stands and smiles.
Later, the young moustachioed man, Jeremiah, is interviewed alongside the other young man, Tyrell, who wears his black baseball cap.
TEXT: Tyrell and Jeremiah – Warrmijala Murrgurlayi
JEREMIAH:
I just thought there must be something about this place than I'll ever try. Probably the sense of family, community, working with animals, being out, especially if you're from Broome, this is pretty much like your country. Good for your liyan.
DESCRIPTION:
Various cattle roam around the dusty dry pens.
Tyrell walks along the side of a cattle holding pen. Later, he sits on the metal rail of the holding pen. A horse nuzzles gently at his hand.
NINI MILLS:
Country is a spiritual connection to our environment. That connection fulfils our liyan, so our sense of spirit and our sense of belonging. Yeah, it sustains us. It empowers us.
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Tyrell interviewed and at work on the station.
Birds flock and dart above the tin roof of the station.
TYRELL:
It's good being out in the country in that. I can work with animals and that more, never get to do that when I was in town.
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A montage of the station and the people who work on it.
NINI MILLS:
We very much value our young people. Investing in them is important for us because they will become our leaders of our community, they will become major contributors to, hopefully not only Broome, but to the region, nationally, and perhaps even internationally. Shell certainly extends themselves to taking that responsibility seriously.
TIMEAH ARCHER:
All these Aboriginal young people leading the way because our ancestors and our Elders kind of, they set the foundation.
DESCRIPTION:
Horses roam a large pen.
Timeah leans at a fence near some machinery and chats with Jeremiah.
TIMEAH ARCHER:
They are our leaders, and they're the next generation to come along and take over. And it's exciting to be able to see that we are making an impact on that.
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DESCRIPTION:
On an aerial view of the circular cattle holding yard, the yellow and red ‘Shell’ logo. White text below reads ‘The power of local community’.
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