Northern Territory faces legal challenge over approval of Tamboran drilling and fracking in Beetaloo basin
by Lisa Cox from on (#68KG6)
Central Australian Frack Free Alliance argues NT environment minister failed to properly consider Tamboran project's impact
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Activists have launched a legal challenge to the Northern Territory government's decision to approve drilling and fracking by resources company Tamboran in the Beetaloo basin.
The Central Australian Frack Free Alliance (Caffa) is asking the NT supreme court to review the process that led to the approval of Tamboran's environmental management plan, arguing the environment minister, Lauren Moss, failed to properly consider the environmental impacts of the project.
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