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Guest essay by Eric Worrall
The left wing Australian Northern Territory Labor government has shocked greens, breaking ranks with other left wing Australian state governments by lifting a ban on gas fracking.
Northern Territory lifts fracking ban, opening up 700,000 sq km to gas exploration
Staff and agencies
Tue 17 Apr 2018 10.24 AEST
First exploration fracking expected next year but national parks and conservation areas will be protected
The Northern Territory government has lifted a ban on hydraulic fracturing of onshore gas that will open up more than half of the territory’s land mass to the controversial practice.
The first exploration fracking by petroleum companies is expected to occur early next year after the implementation of a regulatory regime and new laws, which the government insists will be strict.
The issue has sharply divided territorians, many of whom believe fracking threatens water supplies, but the chief minister, Michael Gunner, said on Tuesday the industry would create jobs.
An independent report handed down by Justice Rachel Pepper last month found the risks associated with hydraulic fracturing of gas deposits could be managed and regulated.
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Environmental groups and scientists have pressed the Labor government to keep the fracking moratorium it introduced, arguing it would adversely affect water, land and public health. The federal government has urged the NT government to allow the economic exploitation of its gas resources.
Naomi Hogan of Lock the Gate said the government’s decision was “shameful” and the result of “bullying” from the gas industry and federal government.
“This is a slap in the face for all of the Territorians who have stood up and opposed fracking to protect their livelihoods in tourism, agriculture, pastoralism and fishing,” she said.
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What a shocker – socialists putting fiscal sanity and the interests of workers and poor people ahead of appeasing rich urban greens.
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If this happens, and I hope it does, it will provide good paying jobs to people in regional NT. A lot of these people are aborigines, and they currently live in settlements that could be better described as slums!
be real, there’ll be bugger all jobs for anyone local apart from the site setting up and installing
it will be as always some OS corp running the show and if gas gets to any aussies from it it would surprise me greatly
same as all the rest it will go OS dirt cheap and any sold to aussies will be at insane prices.
it wont do us much good, and even getting royalties n taxes paid always seems to be a battle.
as for the aboriginals camps..well theres been megamil handed out for decades and little improvement shows.
give em homes health care education all you like, it doesnt work.
worse again is SA new premier raving about getting google to move to adelaide..
looking at what happens at home in usa around their biz and staff thats another whacko idea
“…the result of “bullying” from the gas industry and federal government.”
Translation…
Bad: being bullied by the gas industry and federal government.
Good: being bullied by Environmental Groups.
Beat me to the same thought . Ditto^2
The environmental impact from fracking is much, much, much less than wind and solar which I assume are her preferred alternatives. She just sounds stupid. The other option is that she is OK with oil and gas, she just wants someone else to get the impact in which case she’s a hypocrite. (as well as stupid)
If they’re going to allow fracking, now might be a good idea to establish companies to sell Natural Gas electricity generation units along with natural gas furnaces and A/C equipment.
There are a few other Australia areas that might need them, soon.
The vocal minority against fracking in the Northern Territory, & in other states of Australia, are against fracking purely on green ideological grounds. For them, it’s all about ‘climate change’ & saving the world from CO2 emissions. They’re utterly delusional.