Together we enshrined water protections for the NT and WA into the Environment Act.
But Tamboran are desperately trying to ‘fast track’ their fracking projects in the NT with no oversight from the federal government.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has the power to make sure their plans are assessed by independent experts by applying the water trigger, but she needs to feel pressure to act with haste.
Sign the petition to call on Minister Plibersek to use her powers and properly assess Tamboran’s dangerous plans.
Tell the Minister to protect water today:
Dear Minister Tanya Plibersek,
Thank you for expanding the ‘water trigger’ within the Environment Protection & Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act 1999 so that it also covers shale and tight gas fracking.
With massive new fracking projects currently being considered in the Northern Territory, there is an urgent need for you to implement the water trigger now and formally assess these projects for their impact on water resources under the EPBC act.
Specifically, we’re asking you to call in Tamboran’s Shenandoah and Amungee fracking proposals, so that the severe risk they pose to NT water resources is properly assessed by independent experts before a decision is made on whether they can proceed.