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

NIRS: Here's what an expanded water trigger will do for NT communities

Last week the Federal Government passed a bill to expand the water trigger to include fracking projects.

The move means any unconventional gas projects will need to be approved by an independent body before they go ahead.

Read more December 12, 2023 9:53 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

Nurrdalinji Middle Arm Senate Inquiry submission

The Nurrdalinji Native Title Aboriginal Corporation (“Nurrdalinji”) presents this submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into the Middle Arm Industrial Precinct. We would welcome the opportunity to give testimony at any public hearing held as part of this Inquiry.

Read more November 13, 2023 11:06 AM

NITV: Report into Beetaloo Basin exposes 'flat-out wrong' estimation of greenhouse gas emissions

The latest report concludes that the proposed Beetaloo Basin project could produce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 11 per cent of Australia's 2021 emissions.

Read more October 31, 2023 11:36 AM

Guardian: Emissions of Beetaloo Basin gas projects ‘significantly underestimated’ by government, analysis finds

Climate Analytics says onshore emissions of proposed fracking understated by up to 84% in ‘a rosy picture that simply doesn’t reflect reality’

Read more October 31, 2023 11:14 AM

West Australian: Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told

Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told.

Read more October 31, 2023 11:09 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

Crikey: Was fracking approval in the NT based on mammoth emission underestimations?

The NT government green-lit fracking based on a CSIRO report. Analysis claims it 'systematically underestimated' emissions.

Read more October 31, 2023 11:00 AM

The Conversation: The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?

The NT government green-lit fracking based on a CSIRO report. Analysis claims it 'systematically underestimated' emissions.

Read more October 31, 2023 10:53 AM

NIT: Community mourns loss of Mr Wilson, champion of Country and the rights of Traditional Owners

Members of the Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation and broader community have expressed great sadness at the sudden passing of the Corporation's chairperson, Mr Wilson.

Read more September 13, 2023 3:59 PM

Passing of our Chairman, Mr Wilson - Statement from Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation

We wish to express our great sadness at the sudden passing of our Chairman Mr Wilson Jabarda, jungai and proud Gudanji-Wambaya man, a caring father and grandfather, who lived with his partner Elizabeth Presley on his much loved country in Lightning Ridge, just off the Carpentaria Highway, surrounded by his family of dogs.

Read more September 13, 2023 10:04 AM