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From The Austalian:
AN alliance of actors and entertainers has put a $60 billion export market for Australian natural gas under threat by out-lobbying the combined forces of John Howard and the world's biggest mining company to defeat a massive Californian gas project.
On the weekend, Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected BHP Billiton's proposal to build a gas terminal off the coast of picturesque, star-studded Malibu to supply the state with Australian gas.
The $1 billion project had already been undermined by environmental concerns.
But it could have been approved by Mr Schwarzenegger, who in 2004 was personally lobbied by the Prime Minister and BHP chairman Don Argus.
His decision was a triumph for the hardcore group of Malibu celebrities, led by former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan and including Australian expatriate Olivia Newton-John, who campaigned against the project. Their numbers included Cindy Crawford, Daryl Hannah, Tea Leoni, Jane Seymour, Dick Van Dyke, Cher, Jamie Lee Curtis, Danny DeVito, Tom Hanks, Martin Sheen and Charlize Theron.
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