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Report warned Indigenous communities may struggle to benefit from fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin

An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.

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Northern Territory government could be first buyer of Beetaloo gas, as Blacktip supply issues bite

A gas company looking to develop the Beetaloo Basin says the Northern Territory government could be one of its first customers for fracked gas.

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Chris Bowen 'not proposing' federal funding to help with NT government promise to offset Beetaloo emissions

The Northern Territory government is seeking to downplay growing doubts about how it will ensure all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking in the Beetaloo Basin are offset, with the federal government appearing to rule out providing any dedicated support.

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Beetaloo Economic Alliance website uses 'astroturfing' strategies, anti-fracking group claims

Ray Dimakarri Dixon has been a long-time critic of fracking in the NT's Beetaloo basin. So it was with surprise that the Mudburra elder learned his image was being used without permission on a website advocating the development of the gas-rich region.

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CSIRO under fire over 'nonsense' report on fracking offsets for Beetaloo Basin greenhouse gas emissions

An emissions integrity expert is calling for a review of a report on offsetting carbon pollution from fracking the Beetaloo Basin, declaring "something has gone wrong" at Australia's peak scientific agency.

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Anti-fracking group launches Supreme Court action against the NT government's approval of Beetaloo Basin exploration plan

The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance will argue the Northern Territory's Environment Minister failed to consider the full environmental impacts of new exploration works in the Beetaloo Basin.

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Activists launch legal challenge to Beetaloo fracking

Activists in Central Australia will ask the Supreme Court to review the NT government's decision to approve fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

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$Northern Territory faces legal challenge over approval of Tamboran drilling and fracking in Beetaloo basin$

Northern Territory faces legal challenge over approval of Tamboran drilling and fracking in Beetaloo basin

Central Australian Frack Free Alliance argues NT environment minister failed to properly consider Tamboran project’s impact

The Guardian - AU

$Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations$

Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations

The oil and gas industry's peak body says Beetaloo fracking licences could be issued in a month, as critics say the government's promise to implement a key inquiry is "impossible".

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NT chief minister says states, Commonwealth must help offset emissions to obtain Beetaloo Basin gas

Natasha Fyles says the federal government and states with gas shortages must work with the Northern Territory if new supplies from the Beetaloo Basin are to be unlocked and all carbon emissions offset as promised.

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Environmental groups say the NT government's draft water allocation plan prioritises big business at the cost of rivers

Under the draft Georgina Wiso water allocation plan, the territory government says more than 262 gigalitres of water can be taken "sustainably" each year within the Daly, Roper and Beetaloo district.

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$Tamboran Resources denies using 'intimidation' to access cattle station, fronts fracking senate inquiry$

Tamboran Resources denies using 'intimidation' to access cattle station, fronts fracking senate inquiry

Tamboran Resources has fronted a senate inquiry into fracking in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin, after acquiring Origin Energy's interests in the region last month.

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Beetaloo Basin holds ‘Australia’s greatest emissions reduction opportunity’, inquiry hears

In remarks dismissed by environmentalists, gas company boss Joel Riddle said reserves were ‘critical’ to lowering greenhouse gas emissions

The Guardian - AU

Northern Territory government was warned raising industry water allocation could threaten major river

Conservationists say memorandum should prompt the government to be cautious as it drafts water allocation plans for Beetaloo Basin

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In a win for Traditional Owners, Origin is walking away from the Beetaloo Basin. But the fight against fracking is not over

What a difference six months makes. Before the federal election, the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory was to have spearheaded Australia’s “gas-led recovery”. But Origin Energy this week announced it would sell its share of the basin project ahead of a wider exit from new gas ventures.

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Origin Energy backs out of investment into on-shore gas exploration in Beetaloo Basin

Origin Energy will divest its stake in gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin entirely in a major shift, as it focuses on a "refreshed strategy" to "grow cleaner energy and customer solutions".

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Origin exits Beetaloo for up to $90m loss

Origin Energy has offloaded its stake in the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin for a loss of up to $90 million, but it doesn't spell the end of controversial development.

The Guardian - AU

NT Labor members at odds with government after call to ban fracking in Beetaloo Basin

Northern Territory party conference passes string of motions urging a ban on fracking and an end to gas industry subsidies

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Plans to mine Northern Territory sand for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin

A company has revealed plans to mine sand in the Northern Territory. It is also exploring for silica sand, which it says could be sold to Asian countries for solar panel production.

The Guardian - AU

Australia should abandon goal to limit global heating to 1.5C, says gas company eyeing Beetaloo Basin

Tamboran Resources, which received $7.5m to explore Beetaloo Basin, argues target may hinder ‘climate improving’ gas projects

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Beetaloo Basin stakeholders in the dark over Senate inquiry's final report examining fracking

The outcome of a Senate inquiry into a Northern Territory gas field is uncertain following months-long delays and the commencement of a new federal parliament.

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Fracking watchdog says NT still lacking federal government commitment on Beetaloo Basin emissions promise

An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is in doubt, as the project looks set to be a sticking point in negotiations on the Greens’ support for Labor’s climate targets.

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Industry says gas from the Beetaloo Basin could solve Australia's energy crisis. Some energy analysts question that claim

The gas industry has its eyes set on developing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin to secure Australia's electricity supply. Some analysts doubt the economics stack up.

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Federal funding pitch for Beetaloo Basin infrastructure ramps up

Infrastructure necessary for oil and gas companies to reach production in the Beetaloo has been added to a national list of priority investments.

ABC News

What do Labor's climate policies mean for the gas-led recovery and the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin?

We answer your questions by looking at where Scott Morrison's gas-fired recovery was supposed to start, in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

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