Protesters and politicians have faced off at an energy conference in Darwin with the new chief minister brushing off critics of fracking and the Middle Arm industrial hub development. While across town, a major gas producer had a win in the Supreme court.
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00:00Outside, a rallying cry against gas projects in the Territory, inside, a scathing response.
00:14And the activists standing out the front, you are wasting your time.
00:18Go back to Victoria or wherever else you want to cause trouble, but you are not welcome
00:24here in the Territory.
00:26Loaners and locals unimpressed with the marching orders, insisting the blow-ins are the gas
00:31lobbyists and energy producers attending Darwin's Resources Week.
00:37Very few of them are Territorians and we're the ones who can't afford to pay $3,000 a
00:42head to have our voice heard in there.
00:44If the protesters had managed to get inside, they'd notice Federal Labor aligning with
00:49the NT country Liberals to back the middle-arm industrial hub.
00:54Darwin is the only capital city in this country without a major mixed-use industrial precinct.
00:59That's not right.
01:01That has to change.
01:02Meanwhile, a new scientific review, announced over the weekend, will assess whether the
01:07Beteloo Basin gas projects should be subject to scrutiny over possible impacts on water.
01:13Even so, Tamborin has a reason to be cheerful.
01:17The Supreme Court found in favour of gas producer Tamborin after the Central Australian Frack
01:23Free Alliance lost its bid to overturn 12 Exploratory Wells approval.
01:29In his judgement today, Chief Justice Michael Grant said the Minister was not obliged to
01:33consider potential production phase activities.
01:37A Territory power struggle for energy, economy and environment.