Fracking
The Territory’s underground water supplies sustain 90% of all living things in the Territory, but they're at risk due to fracking.
Fracking could contaminate the underground aquifer that discharges into some of the most iconic rivers in northern Australia, including Mataranka Hot Springs, Bitter Springs, the Daly River, the Roper River. These rivers and springs are the lifeblood of the Territory.
The NT Government's own fracking Inquiry estimated that opening the Beetaloo Basin to fracking would lead to more than 6,000 fracking wells, which will do untold damage.
Mega-polluter Santos has submitted plans to drill 12 fracking wells in the Beetaloo Basin at Tanumbirini Station, adjacent to the Roper River and Limmen River.
No fracking proposal in the Territory has ever been referred for assessment under the Environment Protection Biodiversity and Conservation Act.
Research by Market Forces has found Australia has more than enough gas for domestic consumption and the vast majority of Beetaloo’s gas would be shipped overseas for profit.
Stop Middle Arm
The planned Middle Arm gas and petrochemical hub will profit overseas gas companies, while shafting Territorians and everything we care about.
Middle Arm will use gas from Beetaloo and Barossa to establish a range of high-risk and high-emission industries right on Darwin Harbour.
Our Stop Middle Arm campaign highlights the serious health risks posed by the project, as well as dangers to the harbour and the remarkable cultural heritage of Middle Arm that has been maintained by Larrakia people for millennia.
Barossa gas
Offshore, Santos’ reckless Barossa Gas pipeline is a climate and environmental disaster. Barossa is one of the most polluting new gas projects under development in Australia - containing at least double the carbon dioxide of any other offshore Australian gas field.
Don't Dump on the NT
Big gas companies want to ship the world’s carbon pollution through the taxpayer funded Middle Arm gas and petrochemical hub threaten the Territory’s coastal backyard, fishing culture and tourism industry.
Carbon pollution will be imported by ship from Korea and Japan to Middle Arm, transported via an underwater pipeline before being injected into the seabed.
The fossil fuel industry calls it carbon capture & storage. We call it carbon pollution dumping, a much more accurate term since these projects have failed to live up to the industry’s hype and capture and safely store the promised amount of carbon dioxide waste.
We say no. No to blasting, drilling and dumping. No to leaks and spills. No to toxic chemicals in our air and waters
The Territory deserves better than being the world's carbon pollution dumping ground.
Risky offshore carbon dumping has never been approved in Australia, and it should never be allowed to start. Sign the petition!
Recharge the Territory
We are doing all we can to stop these destructive projects and articulate an alternative vision for the Territory's future that would deliver jobs, skills and lower bills.