Climate Council available: Beetaloo first gas "a climate bomb"
Climate Council
TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER, 2026
The NT Government has declared the first flow of fracked gas from the Beetaloo Basin a "turning point". The Climate Council says the basin's trajectory is mass export, and that gas from the Beetaloo could unleash climate pollution more than three times Australia's annual domestic pollution over the next two decades.
Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie is available for interview.
Amanda McKenzie, Climate Council CEO: "Declaring the Beetaloo's first gas flow a turning point is a sick joke. This is a climate bomb. Gas from the Beetaloo could unleash climate pollution more than three times Australia's annual domestic pollution over the next two decades.
"Territorians are on the frontline. Worsening heat, floods and climate-fuelled disasters are already hitting Top End communities hardest, and this project makes that worse so multinational companies can export gas overseas.
"It doesn't have to go this way. Solar and storage are the cheapest new power in Australia and the Territory has more sun than almost anywhere on earth. Territorians deserve cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy - not more polluting and expensive gas."
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