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Environmental groups say the plan, which includes the Beetaloo Basin, is the "worst water decision" made in years, while industry groups say it is a positive step forward.

The oil giant’s besieged gas project north of Darwin has struck another legal hurdle, with six Tiwi Island elders urging the government to stop the installation of a critical pipeline due to start...

A 30-year water licence in the Northern Territory is believed to be one of the largest ever awarded in Australia, and traditional owners are hoping to overturn it.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has rejected an emergency application from Larrakia traditional owners to stop bulldozers from clearing swathes of land to make way for a defence housing...

Darwin. Broome. Port Hedland. These significant Australian economic centres risk being uninhabitable within 70 years, a new report warns.

Chief Minister Natasha Fyles needs to resign for breaching the public's trust, the Opposition CLP says, following the NT Independent's special investigation that revealed her secret shares in a...

Forty-five medical specialists, supported by federal independent MP Monique Ryan, have outlined their concerns of both the direct and indirect health risks of fracking in a letter addressed to the NT...

There's growing unrest on Labor's backbench over the federal government's newly unveiled gas strategy, with MPs saying they're frustrated and even "blindsided" by the announcement. The plan would see...

In May, the Northern Territory government greenlit the mammoth Beetaloo Basin fracking project. But they did so based on a report with optimistic projections on offsets and emissions.

Indigenous traditional owners across 20,000 square kilometres of the Northern Territory come together to create a map of the region in a bid to highlight concerns about gas and cotton developments. 

More than a year after alleged unpermitted land clearing was uncovered at Claravale Station, the NT government's planning minister says he is taking the matter to court. 

Binybara, also known as Lee Point, is sacred. Traditional owners, bird watchers, ecologists, activists and lawyers were standing shoulder to shoulder as bulldozers neared

A lucrative water licence held by a station near Mataranka Hot Springs, which ignited a political scandal a decade ago, has never been used in full. But its new owners say they'll need the full...

The NT Supreme Court has dismissed an application against a decision by the territory mining minister to slash the McArthur River Mine's rehabilitation bond.

Experts say climate change is fuelling the massive bushfire sweeping across the Barkly region, with similar fires predicted to become more frequent in the Northern Territory.

Aboriginal leaders are incensed by "laughable" suggestions a major mining and manufacturing project will help close the Indigenous...

The federal government has faced questioning over whether millions of dollars of public funds that have been handed to oil and gas companies are "valid and legal". 

A Freedom of Information request has revealed the NT government awarded a $35,000 contract to check whether a green group's report claims about the development of a major cotton industry were...

Trees at Lee Point date back hundreds of years, but the government has obtained the permits it needs to develop the site.

Independent MLA Mark Turner has referred two matters relating to Natasha Fyles and her office to the Northern Territory Independent Commissioner Against Corruption.

Health staff have questioned the decision to cancel the event, which was made just days before and without explanation. Organisers have since said there's a "need for a balanced presentation".

Labor is struggling to get its story straight on why it is helping fund a major expansion of the fossil fuel sector in the NT

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis

In the shadows COP28 Climate Summit and mega-merger news from Woodside and Santos, Santos made a secret deal with government to extend emissions

A multi-billion-dollar taxpayer-funded extension plan for Darwin Harbour is being slammed by Pacific neighbours and environmental groups, saying it represents a major fossil fuel subsidy.

Workers allege they were told to keep spraying contaminated drill rig water around a gas fracking site in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin for up to five days, despite gas company Tamboran k...

Exclusive: The gas industry was the only stakeholder consulted before policy proposal was ditched by the Northern Territory government, FoI documents show

As stone artefacts are pulled from waters around Australia, concerns are growing that "tens of thousands" of possible sites of archaeological significance are not being adequately protected. The...

The Northern Territory government is being referred to the anti-corruption watchdog over claims of conflicts of interest relating to regulation of Glencore's McArthur River Mine mine and new laws...

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Community says company has not been in contact about plans for drilling operation ‘threatening our environment and our cultural way of life’

An NT property owner has asked for its land-clearing permit to be revoked, bringing an end to an environment group's Supreme Court challenge over its original approval.

Sudden severe flooding at the NT's massive McArthur River Mine strands dozens of workers on part of the mine site, and forces an evacuation of the major indigenous and mining town of Borroloola,...

In Senate debate, Greens call bill a ‘sham’ that will allow fossil fuel companies to meet emissions reductions targets while exporting those emissions

Independent senator shares Tiwi Islanders’ concern over changes they argue would allow companies to ‘ignore’ their views

The government says all recommendations from a 2018 inquiry into fracking have been met, and oil and gas companies will be able to start applying to frack in the Beetaloo Basin. 

In her speech at the National Press Club, Natasha Fyles took aim at "southerners" who have criticised her government's plan to try to double the NT economy within the next seven years.

There's global demand for cotton and big profits to be made for farmers — but the growing industry is putting one of the last tropical savannas and untouched river networks in the world under threat.

There are concerns the NT government is not monitoring the health impacts of a large increase in toxic chemicals — linked to cancer and respiratory problems — from Inpex's Ichthys LNG facility,...

An event that could be described as apocalyptic set off alarm bells in the town of Plaquemine, Louisiana. An explosion and huge fireball were seen at the chemical plant of the...

Santos can now resume laying the pipeline for its Barossa project. But an energy analyst says the project, and others like it, could face further legal challenges without regulatory reform. 

The NT government's decision to ink a major gas contract without an open tender process and refusing to disclose the cost to taxpayers draws criticism from both industry and experts. But the chief...

Former politicians and executives have propelled the Northern Territory’s Middle Arm hub from dream to likely realisation

The county that’s home to the plant has fallen behind the rest of the state and the nation in every measure of economic activity.

Chief Minister Eva Lawler has told a Senate inquiry that a $1.5 billion federally funded industrial precinct may include petrochemical processing. Both the NT and federal government previously denied...