The Latest Breaking News on Beetaloo Basin

Australia should abandon goal to limit global heating to 1.5C, says gas company eyeing Beetaloo Basin

Tamboran Resources, which received $7.5m to explore Beetaloo Basin, argues target may hinder ‘climate improving’ gas projects

The Guardian - AU

Beetaloo Basin stakeholders in the dark over Senate inquiry's final report examining fracking

The outcome of a Senate inquiry into a Northern Territory gas field is uncertain following months-long delays and the commencement…

ABC News

Fracking watchdog says NT still lacking federal government commitment on Beetaloo Basin emissions promise

An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is…

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Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some…

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Pastoralists and traditional owners meet NT environment minister over water security fears

As fears over water security and aquifer mining grow amid a push for NT development, residents demand to be included…

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Federal funding pitch for Beetaloo Basin infrastructure ramps up

Infrastructure necessary for oil and gas companies to reach production in the Beetaloo has been added to a national list…

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Second NT pastoralist fights gas fracker

The NT Supreme Court is hearing another cattle station owner's appeal against a decision giving a gas explorer access to…

AAP

Pastoralist fights gas fracker access

The Northern Territory Supreme Court is hearing a cattle station owner's appeal against a decision giving a gas explorer access…

AAP

What do Labor's climate policies mean for the gas-led recovery and the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin?

We answer your questions by looking at where Scott Morrison's gas-fired recovery was supposed to start, in the Northern Territory's…

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Sweetpea gas company begins fracking exploration on Beetaloo Basin station

A gas company has accessed a Northern Territory cattle station to begin exploration, against the wishes of pastoralists and some…

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Gas fracker's remote NT access threats

A gas exploration company could employ security guards to ensure it can access a remote Northern Territory cattle station in…

AAP

Pastoralist company to join forces with Beetaloo Basin traditional owners to resist gas exploration

Rallen has steadfastly opposes fracking on its land amid fossil fuel firm’s ‘unprecedented’ legal action to force access

The Guardian - AU

CLP candidates say they don't know who is behind Back Beetaloo page

Candidate for Lingiari, Damien Ryan, and NT Senate candidate Jacinta Price, who appear in campaigns promoting gas exploration in the…

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NT government bureaucrat warns fully implementing fracking recommendation 9.8 could scare off gas industry in confidential email

Confidential correspondence obtained by the ABC shows a key environmental bureaucrat warning that fully implementing a commitment to offset all…

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Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if…

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Tamboran Resources facing hefty fine for failing to front Beetaloo Basin gas grants Senate inquiry

Sweetpea Petroleum, a company awarded $7.5 million of taxpayer money under a Coalition government program subsidising exploration wells in the…

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NT government referred to ICAC over its handling of fracking research contract in Beetaloo Basin

Darwin researchers believed they would be awarded a contract to study prawn-like species in a major Northern Territory gas field…

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NT and federal government sign off on funding deal to accelerate Beetaloo Basin gas production

Two days before going into caretaker mode ahead of the election, the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments signed a joint…

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Gas industry peak body tells Beetaloo Basin Senate inquiry fracking cannot happen without consent from traditional owners

Traditional owner Johnny Wilson lives within 20km of fracking wells in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. This week, the peak…

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Beetaloo traditional owners yet to be consulted on production of fracking gas, Senate inquiry hears

Land council still waiting on Morrison government promise of $2m for consultation over Beetaloo Basin gas project

The Guardian - AU

A Senate inquiry into the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin is sitting in Darwin today. Here's what it means

Politicians, environmentalists, traditional owners and gas company representatives will be in Darwin for a public hearing into the Beetaloo Basin.…

ABC News

NT cattle station owners take on fight against gas company Sweetpea Petroleum over Beetaloo Basin fracking concerns

A legal fight is brewing between cattle producers opposed to fracking and a mining company that is looking to explore…

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Australian sanctions against Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg unlikely to affect Beetaloo Basin gas exploration, says Origin Energy

The Australian government's decision to sanction a Russian billionaire has revealed an unexpected link between the war in Ukraine and…

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Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links

Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire…

Reuters

Angus Taylor attacks Beetaloo Basin activists and says Australia right to expand fossil fuels

Taylor says Australia has ‘kept our foot on the accelerator’ when it comes to supply of oil and gas

The Guardian - AU