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Fyles accosted by anti-fracking protesters while competing in West Macs Monster

Police were called after dozens of protesters stormed the finish line in protest of the NT government's green-lighting of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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$Climate Change Minister says jurisdictions outside NT will help offset Beetaloo gas fracking emissions$

Climate Change Minister says jurisdictions outside NT will help offset Beetaloo gas fracking emissions

The federal Climate Change Minister indicates other states and territories may be called upon to help the government meet Recommendation 9.8 of the NT's Pepper Inquiry, ensuring no net increase in carbon emissions.

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Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm development is key to huge fossil fuel projects, documents show

Exclusive: Middle Arm has been sold as ‘sustainable’ but papers reveal the Albanese government was briefed on the project’s links to new fossil fuel developments, including fracking in the Beetaloo basin

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Promise of Beetaloo Basin fracking jobs prompts mixed views from NT's Aboriginal people

The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin leaves some Aboriginal Territorians feeling hopeful and others suspicious.

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Who can veto a Beetaloo Basin gas project? It's an issue vexing Indigenous people, pastoralists

The Northern Territory's Chief Minister Natasha Fyles says "Aboriginal territorians have the power to veto" a gas project. But is the matter really that straight forward?

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NT government accused of failing to address climate risks before approving Beetaloo Basin gas project

Letter from panel member of fracking inquiry says key recommendations have not been fully implemented

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The NT government has green-lit fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. What does it mean?

The Northern Territory government says fracking can begin in the Beetaloo Basin, opening up the region to the gas industry and increasing Australia's future greenhouse gas emissions profile.

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$NT gives green light to Beetaloo basin fracking$

NT gives green light to Beetaloo basin fracking

The Northern Territory government says it has strengthened environmental protections, allowing for the start of fracking projects in the region.

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$Northern Territory clears way for fracking to begin in Beetaloo Basin$

Northern Territory clears way for fracking to begin in Beetaloo Basin

Environmental groups and scientists say move will have an unacceptable impact on the climate and have called for ban

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$NT government announces fracking in the Beetaloo Basin can go ahead$

NT government announces fracking in the Beetaloo Basin can go ahead

The government says all recommendations from a 2018 inquiry into fracking have been met, and oil and gas companies will be able to start applying to frack in the Beetaloo Basin.

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$Beetaloo Basin cattle company loses Supreme Court bid to stop fracking exploration$

Beetaloo Basin cattle company loses Supreme Court bid to stop fracking exploration

A gas company will be able to continue exploration in the Beetaloo Basin after a cattle company's appeal to stop the activity was dismissed by the Northern Territory Supreme Court.

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$‘We never consented’: Beetaloo companies urged to consider ‘human element’ of fracking$

‘We never consented’: Beetaloo companies urged to consider ‘human element’ of fracking

A federal inquiry recommended tighter regulations and more consultation with communities before fracking goes ahead in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Beetaloo companies urged to consider 'human element'

A long-awaited Senate inquiry into oil exploration in the Beetaloo Basin has called for stronger regulations around carbon offsets and more local consultation.

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Beetaloo Basin inquiry calls for national plan to offset vast emissions expected from gas projects

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says Labor support for recommendations is a ‘huge blow’ to companies trying to frack in the NT

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Northern Territory government completes SREBA study, flags final decision on fracking industry weeks away

The Northern Territory government has publicly released the findings of a critical, three-year study into fracking in the Beetaloo sub-basin, finding no new risks associated with the development of an onshore gas industry.

AAP

Fracking closer after release of Beetaloo report

A new report on the Beetaloo Basin has been released by the NT government to satisfy an inquiry's recommendations, potentially paving the way for gas fracking.

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Proponents of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin welcome the Greens' safeguard mechanism amendments, say they create 'certainty'

Fracking proponents say safeguard mechanism amendments have created certainty for the Beetaloo Basin.

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Report warned Indigenous communities may struggle to benefit from fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin

An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

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Northern Territory government could be first buyer of Beetaloo gas, as Blacktip supply issues bite

A gas company looking to develop the Beetaloo Basin says the Northern Territory government could be one of its first customers for fracked gas.

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Chris Bowen 'not proposing' federal funding to help with NT government promise to offset Beetaloo emissions

The Northern Territory government is seeking to downplay growing doubts about how it will ensure all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking in the Beetaloo Basin are offset, with the federal government appearing to rule out providing any dedicated support.

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Beetaloo Economic Alliance website uses 'astroturfing' strategies, anti-fracking group claims

Ray Dimakarri Dixon has been a long-time critic of fracking in the NT's Beetaloo basin. So it was with surprise that the Mudburra elder learned his image was being used without permission on a website advocating the development of the gas-rich region.

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CSIRO under fire over 'nonsense' report on fracking offsets for Beetaloo Basin greenhouse gas emissions

An emissions integrity expert is calling for a review of a report on offsetting carbon pollution from fracking the Beetaloo Basin, declaring "something has gone wrong" at Australia's peak scientific agency.

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Anti-fracking group launches Supreme Court action against the NT government's approval of Beetaloo Basin exploration plan

The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance will argue the Northern Territory's Environment Minister failed to consider the full environmental impacts of new exploration works in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Activists launch legal challenge to Beetaloo fracking

Activists in Central Australia will ask the Supreme Court to review the NT government's decision to approve fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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