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(A)manda Parkinson

Water trigger laws used in court bid to block fracking

A legal challenge has been filed against Tamboran over its plans to frack in the Beetaloo Basin. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

In a landmark case activists are taking a US-based gas company to the Federal Court under Labor's water trigger laws. 

Lock the Gate Alliance has filed a legal challenge against Tamboran B2 Pty Ltd over its plans to frack 15 gas wells in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin, near the town of Daly Waters.

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