Northern Territory laws allow gas companies to enter cattle stations to explore, even if the leaseholders oppose it. One cattle station is fighting that in the Supreme Court.\n
A cattle station owner trying to stop a gas company from fracking on his property has taken his fight to the Supreme Court.A tribunal granted gas company Sweetpea Petroleum the right to access Tanumbirini Station despite the owner's oppositionThe case is the first test of new NT land access laws passed in 2020at Tanumbirini Station in the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin last month.
The decision was made by the NT Civil and Administrative Tribunal in May, which granted Sweetpea an access agreement to begin exploration work on the cattle station, owned by Rallen Australia. Tanumbirini station owner and Rallen Australia Director Pierre Langenhoven said Sweetpea had shown "flagrant disrespect" undertaking exploration work in the face of his company's opposition."Its operations are already causing havoc," Mr Langenhoven said.
The chief executive of Sweetpea's parent company, Tamboran Resources, said the company was working within the approved terms of the access agreement and had worked closely with all stakeholders.
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