The Latest Breaking News from Lake Eyre

Flood waters are expected to take weeks to flow into Lake Eyre and north-east South Australia after widespread wet weather

The Queensland government has banned new oil and gas developments in the Lake Eyre basin's rivers and floodplains, almost a decade after an election promise.

Activists are calling on the Queensland government to publicly release its assessment of plans to protect the Lake Eyre Basin before Christmas.

Environmental groups and farmers are worried about major environmental concerns about the impact of gas developments on the Lake Eyre basin.

The heart-shaped Lake Eyre Basin covers about one-sixth of Australia. It contains one of the few remaining pristine river systems in the world.

The gas industry has been mining Australia's Lake Eyre Basin for decades, but possible future extraction techniques like fracking could devastate its fragile ecosystem.

A new report from an anti-fracking group says projects in the Lake Eyre basin are unviable, as evidenced by one energy company recently abandoning its plans.

A report commissioned by an environmental group claims gas extraction in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will cost millions, but proponents say the fossil fuel has an important role in Australia's transition to renewable energy.

Economic analysis suggests any proposal to allow fracking in Queensland basin would not be commercially viable