The Latest Breaking News from Empire Energy

Tehran hails ‘success’ but US dismisses attack on Qatar air base as ‘symbolic’; Guardian Australia investigation reveals role of consulting company in Northern Territory

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales

The NT government is poised to make a final decision on whether it will green-light fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, but nearly 100 scientists have called for a fracking ban in the region, saying the costs to the community could be "enormous".

Fracking proponents say safeguard mechanism amendments have created certainty for the Beetaloo Basin.

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

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

Confidential correspondence obtained by the ABC shows a key environmental bureaucrat warning that fully implementing a commitment to offset all emissions from fracking the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin could face significant challenges.

Sweetpea Petroleum, a company awarded $7.5 million of taxpayer money under a Coalition government program subsidising exploration wells in the Beetaloo Basin, could be found in contempt of the Senate for failing to appear at a federal Senate inquiry into the grants program.

An oil and gas company planning to expand the NT's on-shore shale gas industry could bring an influx of workers to the tiny highway town, where locals fear for their quality of life, water, and Indigenous sacred sites.