Yarns from behind the gate
NT Government shoots the messenger over fracking
December 07, 2021
The Gunner Government’s decision to ditch Charles Darwin University scientists and instead award a contract to assess fracking risks in the Beetaloo Sub-basin to a Western Australian company should ring alarm bells.
Read MoreTime to close the borders to the fracking companies
December 01, 2021
World leaders met recently in Glasgow to forge a path through the climate crisis, but in WA, the emissions-intensive gas and oil industry wants to lay waste to the Kimberley.
Read MoreNew Acland’s attempt to silence witnesses fails
September 15, 2021
The Queensland Land Court has sensationally prevented an attempt by New Hope to stop Oakey Coal Action Alliance witnesses submitting evidence in the upcoming hearing over the company’s New Acland Stage 3 coal mine expansion.
Read MoreFarmers to defy big polluter Santos, whatever the government does
June 05, 2020
Grain farmers Mark Robinson and his wife Cherie never thought that, at 52 years of age each, they’d be protesting in an attempt to stop a gasfield.
Read MoreEconomic argument for fracking built on hot air and taxpayer subsidies
May 21, 2020
The economic argument in favour of fracking the Northern Territory has suffered another blow.
Read MoreThe community that fought off the frackers
May 14, 2020
Former Dandaragan local Pauline Cook didn’t know whose driveway she had pulled into - until she saw the fancy car and the driver.
Read MoreGas company-funded GISERA at it again with unreliable report
April 30, 2020
The results just didn’t add up.
Read MoreCecil Plains: flashpoint for CSG battle on QLD’s Western Downs
April 23, 2020
When Cecil Plains dry land and broad acre farmer Russell Bennie moved onto his property ten years ago, he found an unwelcome surprise.
Read MoreGlobal oil crash offers glimmer of hope for NT’s communities facing fracking
April 16, 2020
The first frack hit like a hammer blow for all those who had spent years fighting the industry.
Read MoreA battle half won: After Moreton Resources abandoned its coal mine plans, Kingaroy locals call for stronger protection of agricultural land
April 08, 2020
Traipsing around the remote and wild south west coast of Tasmania in the pouring rain, John Dalton had no idea he and the other members of the Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group (KCCG) had just won a major victory.
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