Media Releases

Open slather destruction: Territory Government to override environmental laws to wave through big fracking projects

October 25, 2024

Territorians have condemned a CLP Finocchiaro Government plan to give unprecedented sweeping powers to a new bureaucrat known as the “Territory Coordinator” that would allow the Chief Minister to override existing environmental regulations and wave through major projects like fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

Fracking company supplied contradictory info to feds on Kimberley threatened species

October 23, 2024

An American oil and gas company has provided contradictory information to the federal environment department over the impact of a planned fracking project on threatened species in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

From a tiger's bite to a Moo Deng gum - Cook Government rips teeth from EPA

October 18, 2024

Fracking projects planned for Western Australia’s Kimberley pose an even greater threat after the Cook Government passed legislation to weaken the Environmental Protection Authority.

Glencore backs down on monster HVO coal mine expansion

October 11, 2024

Glencore and Yancoal have withdrawn the largest coal mining project ever proposed in NSW from consideration under Federal environment law, in a move that could prevent more than one billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being released into the atmosphere.

LNP promise to protect precious groundwater from gas on Darling Downs welcomed

October 09, 2024

Farmers working to save the Darling Downs from the impacts of coal seam gas mining have welcomed LNP Condamine MP Pat Weir’s promise to better protect a critical groundwater source from CSG extraction.