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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox

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

A ship, the Maran Gas Sparta, sits at the wharf at the Darwin LNG gas processing facility on Middle Arm
The NT’s Middle Arm project has been described in government briefings as a gas production and export hub, despite being labelled a ‘sustainable development precinct’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The proposed Middle Arm industrial development on Darwin harbour, in which the Albanese government is taking a $1.5bn stake, is “seen as a key enabler” for the export of gas from the Beetaloo basin, according to a federal government document released under freedom of information.

This is despite the project being labelled a “sustainable development precinct”.

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