The Latest Breaking News from Beetaloo Basin

Gas fracker's remote NT access threats

A gas exploration company could employ security guards to ensure it can access a remote Northern Territory cattle station in the Beetaloo Basin.

AAP · May 25, 2022

Pastoralist company to join forces with Beetaloo Basin traditional owners to resist gas exploration

Rallen has steadfastly opposes fracking on its land amid fossil fuel firm’s ‘unprecedented’ legal action to force access

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2022

CLP candidates say they don't know who is behind Back Beetaloo page

Candidate for Lingiari, Damien Ryan, and NT Senate candidate Jacinta Price, who appear in campaigns promoting gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin say they do not know who is behind the campaign.

ABC News · May 20, 2022

NT and federal government sign off on funding deal to accelerate Beetaloo Basin gas production

Two days before going into caretaker mode ahead of the election, the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments signed a joint agreement to further speed up gas production in the remote Northern Territory.

ABC News · Apr 14, 2022

Gas industry peak body tells Beetaloo Basin Senate inquiry fracking cannot happen without consent from traditional owners

Traditional owner Johnny Wilson lives within 20km of fracking wells in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. This week, the peak body for oil and gas attempted to quell his concerns.

ABC News · Mar 22, 2022

Beetaloo traditional owners yet to be consulted on production of fracking gas, Senate inquiry hears

Land council still waiting on Morrison government promise of $2m for consultation over Beetaloo Basin gas project

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22, 2022

A Senate inquiry into the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin is sitting in Darwin today. Here's what it means

Politicians, environmentalists, traditional owners and gas company representatives will be in Darwin for a public hearing into the Beetaloo Basin. Here's what it's all about.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

NT cattle station owners take on fight against gas company Sweetpea Petroleum over Beetaloo Basin fracking concerns

A legal fight is brewing between cattle producers opposed to fracking and a mining company that is looking to explore for gas in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

ABC News · Mar 21, 2022

Australian sanctions against Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg unlikely to affect Beetaloo Basin gas exploration, says Origin Energy

The Australian government's decision to sanction a Russian billionaire has revealed an unexpected link between the war in Ukraine and the remote Northern Territory.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2022

Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links

Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of them a billionaire with an investment connection to Rio Tinto's Gladstone alumina refinery joint venture.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022