Community petition urges gas giant to abandon new pipeline in NT

Environmental campaigners, Traditional Owners and health professionals have joined an open letter, urging energy infrastructure giant APA Group, to abandon plans to construct a pipeline in the Northern Territory’s, Beetaloo Basin.

The gas-rich region remains a point of contention in Australian fracking debates, with several companies developing pilot projects to explore the basin.

APA has agreed to build a pipeline that would connect pilot wells with its key pipeline up to Darwin, and the move has sparked a petition of 17000 signatures, with finance and advocacy organisation Market Forces leading the charge.  

Producers:

• Emma Wotzke

Speakers:

• Doctors of the Environment
• Dr Kate Wylie - GP and Executive Director
• Samuel Janama Sandy - Djingili elder and Chair of Nurrdalinji Aboriginal Corporation