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An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in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

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

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.

ABC News · Mar 15, 2023

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.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Northern Territory faces legal challenge over approval of Tamboran drilling and fracking in Beetaloo basin

Central Australian Frack Free Alliance argues NT environment minister failed to properly consider Tamboran project’s impact

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2023

Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations

The oil and gas industry's peak body says Beetaloo fracking licences could be issued in a month, as critics say the government's promise to implement a key inquiry is "impossible".

ABC News · Jan 22, 2023

NT chief minister says states, Commonwealth must help offset emissions to obtain Beetaloo Basin gas

Natasha Fyles says the federal government and states with gas shortages must work with the Northern Territory if new supplies from the Beetaloo Basin are to be unlocked and all carbon emissions offset as promised.

ABC News · Dec 7, 2022

Environmental groups say the NT government's draft water allocation plan prioritises big business at the cost of rivers

Under the draft Georgina Wiso water allocation plan, the territory government says more than 262 gigalitres of water can be taken "sustainably" each year within the Daly, Roper and Beetaloo district.

ABC News · Nov 18, 2022

Tamboran Resources denies using 'intimidation' to access cattle station, fronts fracking senate inquiry

Tamboran Resources has fronted a senate inquiry into fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin, after acquiring Origin Energy's interests in the region last month.

ABC News · Oct 10, 2022

Beetaloo Basin holds ‘Australia’s greatest emissions reduction opportunity’, inquiry hears

In remarks dismissed by environmentalists, gas company boss Joel Riddle said reserves were ‘critical’ to lowering greenhouse gas emissions

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2022

Northern Territory government was warned raising industry water allocation could threaten major river

Conservationists say memorandum should prompt the government to be cautious as it drafts water allocation plans for Beetaloo Basin

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2022