Beetaloo Basin flooding risks: TOs comment on water pollution concerns

Traditional Owners comment on today’s coverage of the NT government’s failure to respond to water quality risks from flooding across the Beetaloo Basin and, in particular, a fish kill incident at Marlinja. The ABC reports it took 4 days for officials to assess the site.

Read more February 04, 2024 8:44 AM

New water trigger for fracking: Beetaloo Traditional Owners comment

Traditional Owners from Nurrdalinji Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, working to protect country from fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, today welcomed greater scrutiny of gas companies' water use, with the Federal government introducing amendments to expand the ‘water trigger’ to cover fracking, in line with recommendations of the Pepper Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the NT.

Read more December 06, 2023 9:00 AM

Beetaloo fracking and Middle Arm emissions wildly underestimated: analysis

  • Analysis released as submissions to Senate Middle Arm Inquiry close today.
  • First full analysis of Tamboran’s Middle Arm greenhouse gas emissions.
Read more October 31, 2023 11:00 AM

Tamboran fracking pollution: Beetaloo Traditional Owners comment

Nurrdalinji Native Title Aboriginal Corporation, which represents Traditional Owners with native title interests across the Beetaloo Basin, comment on coverage today of allegations by two NT workers that Tamboran Resources deliberately used toxic drill water for dust suppression, instead of properly disposing of the waste, during drilling of the Maverick 1 exploration well in the NT’s Beetaloo Basin, putting workers’ health and the environment at risk.

Read more August 24, 2023 11:13 AM