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New Territory Development Area shows Middle Arm is dead in the water
February 03, 2026
Today’s announcement that the Northern Marine Complex at East Arm will be the first Territory Development Area demonstrates once and for all that Middle Arm Gas and Petrochemical Precinct has failed and is dead...
Read More ShareBuffel grass plan is madness
February 03, 2026
The Environment Centre NT is calling on the Finocchiaro Government to ban the planting of buffel grass across the Northern Territory, warning that the current Draft Buffel Grass Weed Management Plan will fuel the spread of one of...
Read More ShareKeystone carbon capture and storage project supported by Albanese Government takes major fall
January 20, 2026
Gas giant INPEX has withdrawn its plans for the world’s largest offshore carbon capture and storage project in the Northern Territory after failing to properly disclose the true scale of a seismic blasting planned...
Read More ShareEnvironment groups slam Albanese Government’s proposal to prop up the Australian gas cartel and open up new gas fields
December 16, 2025
The Albanese Government's proposal to bulk purchase gas under the East Coast gas market review would reward the gas cartel's bad behaviour by propping up their coffers with taxpayer funds and incentivise opening new...
Read More ShareResponse to NT government media release about the Cambrian Limestone Aquifer
December 15, 2025
Attempting to publicly discredit respected scientists is a desperate measure from a government that is afraid of public debate and scrutiny.
Read More ShareGovernment buried modelling showing Territory nature icons are at risk
December 08, 2025
Environment groups are calling for federal Environment Minister Murray Watt to act, as explosive documents reveal the Northern Territory Government allegedly buried scientific modelling predicting increased water extraction poses dire risks to iconic barramundi,...
Read More ShareOrange glow over Darwin as Santos burns its social license
December 08, 2025
Territorians are fed up with the constant orange glow and droning noise from the Santos gas plant in Darwin, as one of Australia's biggest climate polluters continues to burn off gas from its troubled...
Read More ShareEmbattled gas giant launches play for Beetaloo fracking
December 08, 2025
Gas giant Santos has made its biggest ever play for fracking in the Northern Territory, and environment groups fear it’s the start of a fracking rush that could destroy ground water in one of...
Read More ShareNew environment laws fall short: gains for nature could be undermined by handing powers to the states
November 27, 2025
Australia’s State and Territory Conservation Councils congratulate the Greens for clawing back some big wins in negotiations with Labor, including removing the Regional Forest Agreement exemption and stopping the fast-tracking of fossil fuel projects. ...
Read More ShareNT Environment Minister taken to court over risks to Mataranka hot springs and the Roper River
November 25, 2025
Environmental flows to some of Australia’s most iconic cultural and tourism locations, Mataranka Springs and the Roper River, will be central to proceedings in Darwin’s Supreme Court today.
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