A Greens senator and an independent are hoping to urgently close a legal loophole that allows fracking corporations 'a license to drill without regard for rivers'.
A Watch and Act advisory is in place for Wutul near Dalby in Queensland. For the latest warnings, search onA Greens senator and an independent are hoping to urgently close a legal loophole that allows fracking corporations "a license to drill without regard for rivers".
At a press conference at Parliament House on Monday, Senator Hanson-Young said changes to Australia's environment laws were "desperately" needed as the possibility of full-scale fracking production approaches reality in the Northern Territory's gas rich Beetaloo Basin. Sarah Hanson-Young says the Greens are urging the government to deliver its promise to act on the water trigger this year.That included recommendation 7.3, which requires the commonwealth to amend the EPBC Act to include shale gas projects under the water trigger laws.
"This is a simple change to the EPBC Act that the government has already committed to, and which a Senate committee report said must be done by the end of this year," she said. The bill comes as some traditional owners and First Nations activists escalate their opposition to fracking in the Beetaloo.
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