A Senate committee report on fracking in the Territory’s Beetaloo basin has recommended an inquiry into the proposed Middle Arm industrial precinct that will host liquified natural gas and petrochemical plants, and recommended the Federal Government “strongly assist” the NT Government to create a regulatory framework to offset all emissions from fracking in the basin.

In response to the report, traditional owners from an Aboriginal corporation in the basin have called for a halt to fracking exploration and production until “proper consultation occurs and the combined risks from what will be a major industrialisation of their country are better understood”.

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