Emma Heyink and Tom Power say the premier made false comments about protest at company’s annual general meeting
Two teenagers who protested at the Woodside AGM claim comments by Western Australian premier Roger Cook left them ‘feeling intimidated’.Two teenagers who protested at the Woodside AGM claim comments by Western Australian premier Roger Cook left them ‘feeling intimidated’.
On Tuesday the two activists issued a concerns notice to Cook’s offices through their lawyers, saying the premier made statements about them during the press conference that were “false, without basis and constitut serious defamation of our clients”. The two activists are not currently seeking damages, according to the notice, but have asked for a written apology, a retraction and reimbursement of reasonable legal costs currently amounting to $1.
Michael Douglas, a consultant at Burgess Criminal Lawyers, the firm representing the two activists, said the 17-year-olds were “conscientious young people” who just wanted an apology.
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