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Beetaloo Basin Senate inquiry report recommends further scrutiny of Middle Arm industrial hub proposal

Opponents of fracking in the Northern Territory gathered to protest on Wednesday morning, ahead of the report's release.  (ABC News: Felicity James)

A federal Senate committee has called for an inquiry into the Northern Territory government's controversial plans to build a manufacturing hub near Darwin Harbour.

The recommendation forms part of a Senate inquiry's long-delayed final report, released on Wednesday, examining the impacts of developing the Beetaloo Basin, a huge shale gas reserve about 500 kilometres south-east of Darwin. 

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