Hellish working conditions on board the world’s biggest offshore gas site, Prelude
The Sydney Morning Herald
‘Forensic, fair and fascinating’: WAtoday wins at media awards
By Daile Cross
Using information gathered through his unrivalled industry contact list, WAtoday business journalist Peter Milne exposed the hellish working conditions on board the world’s biggest offshore gas site, Prelude.
On Saturday night his exclusive reporting saw him win best Business, Economics or Finance report at the annual WA Media Awards, the state’s pre-eminent journalism awards.
Milne exposed the problems plaguing the world’s largest vessel, Shell’s Prelude, moored 475 kilometres from Broome off WA’s north-west coast; this story just one example of the vital reporting he has contributed since joining the WAtoday team just over a year ago.
His series on the Prelude took readers aboard the ship as it was plunged into chaos by cascading failures of power systems.
The judges said Milne revealed with incredible detail and witness accounts the widespread safety risks faced by the more than 200 workers on Prelude and then backed up his reporting by revealing the content of a confidential investigation.
“Milne’s reporting, based on extensive research, a wide network of industry contacts and an excellent understanding of context, makes him a worthy winner of the Business Award,” they said.
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
