Northern Territory Traditional Owners and farmers who fear they will find themselves along the planned Tennant Creek to Darwin fracked gas pipeline route say they are being kept in the dark by the Gunner Government over the proposal.

A Darwin great-grandmother has today celebrated her one year anniversary of staging solo anti-fracking protests outside Northern Territory Parliament.

The Independent Advisory Panel on Underground Mining (IAPUM) has become the latest government organisation to slam South32’s Dendrobium coal mine extension proposal in Sydney and the Illawarra's drinking water catchment.

The federal scientific committee that advises the government on water impacts of mining has slammed a proposal by a company owned by Clive Palmer to build a greenfield coal mine just 10km from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA).

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed news the destructive Shenhua Watermark coal mine is looking increasingly uncertain, but has warned the NSW Government not to stuff up negotiations with the company and give it any more special deals like it did four years ago.