The Latest Breaking News from NT Environment Centre

Tiwi Islanders accuse Santos of leaving out Barossa gas project environmental risks from community consultations

Tiwi elder Therese Bourke says she felt like Santos was "sweetening up" community members at consultation meetings last month.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

NT government at odds with water planning committee overseeing Fortune Agribusiness licence, leaked letter shows

A leaked letter accuses the Northern Territory government of "water mining" and failing to protect both the environment and sacred sites.

ABC News · Nov 3, 2022

NT Government warned by its own advisor against water allocation changes, impacts on Roper River

According to freedom of information documents, the government changed its water allocation rules despite its senior water planner warning it could deplete aquifers and cause the Roper River to "flow in the opposite direction".

ABC News · Sep 27, 2022