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Traditional Owners want gas explorers prosecuted as fracking spills rise at Beetaloo Basin
Traditional Owners want the Northern Territory government to prosecute gas explo...
David Prestipino 27 Mar 2025
Traditional Owners oppose "unprecedented powers" in Territory Coordinator Bill
The Territory Coordinator Bill should not proceed, Traditional Owners said on We...
Giovanni Torre 12 Mar 2025
Beetaloo Basin Traditional Owners urge federal action after spill
Beetaloo Basin Traditional Owners have raised the alarm about "a significant com...
Giovanni Torre 14 Jan 2025
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Energy giant targeted in bid to stop fracking pipeline
Traditional Owners, doctors and scientists have joined environment and human rig...
Abe Maddison 24 Oct 2024
New federal government gas strategy criticised by Beetaloo Basin native title holders
A new national gas strategy has been criticised by some Traditional Owners, argu...
Dechlan Brennan 9 May 2024
Traditional Owners critical of $28.8million federal funding for Beetaloo Basin research

Traditional Owners from the Beetaloo Basin have criticised the federal government after it confirmed a probe into whether millions of dollars of public funds were given to oil and gas companies throug...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Feb 21, 2024
NT chief minister set to resign over shares, Middle Arm hub

Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles is expected to resign on Tuesday as pressure mounts on her following revelations she held undisclosed shares in a manganese mine.

David Prestipino David Prestipino Dec 19, 2023
Anti-fracking activists' Beetaloo court battle begins

An anti-fracking group has begun legal action against the Northern Territory government's decision to allow exploration in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Neve Brissenden Nov 8, 2023
Fracking opponents to rally outside Tamboran head office as pressure mounts on NT gas industry

Traditional Owners and environmentalists will rally outside the Sydney office of gas company Tamboran Resources on Tuesday morning in a final show of support to protect water reserves and prevent frac...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Nov 7, 2023
Community mourns loss of Mr Wilson, champion of Country and the rights of Traditional Owners

Members of the Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation and broader community have expressed great sadness at the sudden passing of the Corporation's chairperson, Mr Wilson.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 13, 2023
Tamboran announces arrival of gas drill rig for Beetaloo

Tamboran announced the arrival of a new mobile shale gas drill rig, the 'Flex Rig 3', on Friday. The rig, developed by Helmerich & Payne in the United States, marks a turning point for Tamboran an...

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Zak Kirkup May 5, 2023
Beetaloo Traditional Owners at odds with NT government as fracking moratorium is lifted

Traditional Owners of the Beetaloo Basin, located approximately 500 kilometres south-east of Darwin, have called for a halt to plans for large scale fracking production in the region until proper cons...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 3, 2023
Senate inquiry urges more consultation with Traditional Owners before fracking

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

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Annette Lin (AAP) Apr 19, 2023
Secret report found Traditional Owners unlikely to benefit from fracking in the Beetaloo Basin

A secret report commissioned by the Morrison government but never released found Traditional Owners from the Beetaloo Basin are unlikely to make economic, social, cultural or other gains from fracking...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 21, 2023
Traditional Owners fear new NT law will create gas exploitation free-for-all

Traditional Owners from the Beetaloo Basin fear new Northern Territory legislation will create "production by stealth", sidestepping requirements to consult and secure agreements with native title hol...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 28, 2022
At the centre of Beetaloo Basin gas debate, Traditional Owners chart future for their communities

It is a phrase often muttered when discussing Indigenous advancement in the modern age: learn to walk in two worlds. Understanding how to benefit from western society while maintaining a strong connec...

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NIT Nov 1, 2022
Origin's Beetaloo and Kimberley gas exit hailed by environmentalists

A group of Traditional Owners and environmentalists have hailed Origin Energy's withdrawal from the Beetaloo Basin and the Kimberley. On Monday Origin announced its would divest from Beetaloo, about 5...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 21, 2022
Sacred sites watchdog clears Beetaloo Basin gas company of NT songline damage

The subsidiary of a Sydney-based gas company has been cleared of damaging a sacred site in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. Tamboran Resources-backed Sweetpea Petroleum was in late June accuse...

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NIT Jul 12, 2022
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