Media Releases

Eighty percent of Alice residents oppose fracking, government gas subsidies

December 06, 2022

Anti-fracking sentiment is strong in the red centre, with a doorknock survey revealing the vast majority of randomly selected residents oppose both the unconventional gas mining technique and taxpayer grants for petroleum companies.

Two down, one to go: APA gas pipeline demise celebrated as farmers gear up for fight against Santos HGP

December 06, 2022

Confirmation that APA Group will not pursue its fiercely opposed Western Slopes Pipeline has strengthened landholder resolve to send Santos and its Hunter Gas Pipeline packing.

QLD farmers faced with sinking soils call out government gas failure

December 05, 2022

Farmers have accused the Palaszczuk Government and gas industry of failing Queenslanders in the wake of new Gasfields Commission subsidence recommendations.

Fyles Government bends over backwards for fracking industry again with passing of petroleum Bill

December 05, 2022

The passing of a Bill that will make it possible for fracking companies to sell gas from exploration projects is the latest in a long list of backflips the NT Government has performed to appease the fracking industry.

Palaszczuk Government approves more oil and gas licences on Lake Eyre flood plains while paying lip service to stakeholders

November 30, 2022

The Palaszczuk Government has given one of the biggest signals yet that it plans to backflip on multiple election promises to protect the Lake Eyre Basin from new oil and gas after it granted a prospecting licence across 1000 square kilometres north west of...