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Water is Life: Don't Frack Northern Australia



Fracking poses a massive risk to water – iconic Northern Territory water sources like the mighty Roper River and the recharge zones for the Mataranka Hot Springs are under threat, as is the Fitzroy River catchment in the Kimberley in Western Australia. 

But measures in place in national environmental laws to assess the impacts of gas drilling on water resources, do not apply to fracking in Northern Australia. That means there is no independent expert assessment of water impacts and no decision by the Federal Environment Minister. 

The Federal Labor Government promised before the last election to fix this gaping loophole, but they haven't delivered yet.  Traditional Owners and residents from across northern Australia are calling for urgent action to keep that promise.

Sign this petition to Environment Minister Plibersek today to get urgent reforms so that the impacts of gas fracking on water sources is independently assessed under national environment laws.

Dear Minister Plibersek,

Thank you for committing to expand the water trigger to cover shale and tight gas fracking as part of the national environmental law reforms.

However, we can’t wait until next year to get our water protected, because gas companies are pushing ahead to get gas production approvals this year.

We’re calling on you to bring forward the expanded water trigger now, so that the severe risk fracking poses to water is properly assessed by independent experts before any gas production occurs.

Please respect Territorians and West Australians who want the same protections for water that exist for east coast gas activities.

Signed sincerely,

Who's signing
Karinda Stone
Neville Jackson
Ruth Mayroz
Lynnette Beaven
Victoria Murray
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Melody Lak
Shan Boekelman
Rosina Grieves
Karen Buxton
Sarah Busby
Monica Fernandez
Deborah Westacott
Bev Henwood
Belinda Christison
Maggie McEvoy
Sandrine Barouh
Isabella Pauling
Viviana Pannell
June Davies
Peter Kerle
Shane McMinn
Michael Reid
Jayne Meldeum
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Angel Gill
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Showing 30 reactions

  • Karinda Stone
    signed 2023-11-16 10:21:54 +1100
    It’s absurd and insane what we humans are doing to Earth in the name of greed. So very unwise
  • Neville Jackson
    signed 2023-11-16 10:18:37 +1100
  • Ruth Mayroz
    signed 2023-11-16 10:15:17 +1100
  • Lynnette Beaven
    signed 2023-11-16 10:01:49 +1100
  • Victoria Murray
    signed 2023-11-16 09:48:50 +1100
    DONT FRACK THE NT!
  • Christine Hamer
    signed 2023-11-16 09:41:28 +1100
  • Melody Lak
    signed 2023-11-16 09:31:48 +1100
  • Shan Boekelman
    signed 2023-11-16 09:10:53 +1100
    Haven’t they frackn learnt yet??? Frackn destroys country!!!

    Frack off you Frackn Frack heads👊🖕🫵👎
  • Rosina Grieves
    signed 2023-11-16 09:06:12 +1100
    Protect the water basin stop this ridiculous action immediately.
  • Karen Buxton
    signed 2023-11-16 09:01:43 +1100
    This is too important. Look at what has happened around the world with fracking.
  • Sarah Busby
    signed 2023-11-16 08:57:15 +1100
  • Monica Fernandez
    signed 2023-11-16 08:52:27 +1100
  • Deborah Westacott
    signed 2023-11-16 08:51:14 +1100
    You need to act on this immediately. As the government, and rightly so, you were out there in numbers supporting the Voice but where are you now when our First Nations people need you to protect their lands and the water they need. Please do the right thing and stop the Fracking where it does more harm than good.
  • Bev Henwood
    signed 2023-11-16 08:41:47 +1100
  • Belinda Christison
    signed 2023-11-16 08:40:11 +1100
  • Maggie McEvoy
    signed 2023-11-16 08:33:14 +1100
    No fracking anywhere or ever. Keep our waterways clean and healthy, for future generations and obviously the earth.
  • Sandrine Barouh
    signed 2023-11-16 08:32:14 +1100
  • Isabella Pauling
    signed 2023-11-16 08:28:59 +1100
  • Viviana Pannell
    signed 2023-11-16 08:02:47 +1100
    Water is indeed life. Important not just to the ecosystem, but to us humans, however far away from the site we might be
  • June Davies
    signed 2023-11-16 07:59:19 +1100
  • Peter Kerle
    signed 2023-11-16 07:48:45 +1100
    Fracking is evil with toxic chemicals in the water table. No fracking anywhere, ever!
  • Shane McMinn
    signed 2023-11-16 07:48:24 +1100
  • Michael Reid
    signed 2023-11-16 07:47:23 +1100
  • Jayne Meldeum
    signed 2023-11-16 07:39:45 +1100
  • Kimberly Hilder
    signed via 2023-11-16 07:39:34 +1100
  • Angel Gill
    signed 2023-11-16 07:38:15 +1100
    Don’t frack.
  • Ariel Elliott
    signed 2023-11-16 07:34:14 +1100
  • Rhett Yeats
    signed 2023-11-16 07:33:30 +1100
  • Inga Lie
    signed 2023-11-16 07:31:44 +1100
  • Tracey White
    signed via 2023-11-16 07:27:58 +1100