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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies and Lisa Cox

Revealed: documents detail key players behind vast Australian fossil fuel expansion

Darwin’s Middle Arm
Darwin’s Middle Arm precinct is to be a major manufacturing centre for gas, petrochemicals, blue and green hydrogen and critical minerals. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

In early 2022 the lobbying firm Dragoman met its client, the Northern Territory government, to discuss how to convince the federal government to support a vast new port and manufacturing hub in Darwin.

Now known as the Middle Arm sustainable development precinct, the hub will be a major manufacturing centre for gas, petrochemicals, blue and green hydrogen and critical minerals. The precinct is key to the territory’s ambition to develop its massive natural gas reserves in the Beetaloo basin and offshore.

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