Senior Lawman and Tiwi Traditional Owner Dennis Tipakalippa is challenging the federal offshore oil and gas regulator鈥檚 decision to approve Santos鈥 plan to drill the Barossa gas field.聽Naish Gawen reports.
Environmental Defenders Office Qld
Despite widespread opposition to new coal, state governments gave final approval to two mines last month. As community opposition to new coal mines has grown, the mining lobby is fighting back demanding state governments cut funding to environmental defenders.
Queensland is suffering through a severe drought. Despite this, federal environment minister Melissa Price decided in September not to apply the 鈥渨ater trigger鈥 assessment on Adani鈥檚 proposal to extract river water for up to 60 years, expand a dam and build a pipeline to transport the water to its mine.
The Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) is continuing its fight to protect farmland and water resources in the Darling Downs in Queensland from the $900 million Stage 3 expansion of New Hope Coal鈥檚 New Acland Coalmine (NAC).
It has filed an objection to the Queensland Supreme Court鈥檚 decision to overturn the historic Land Court recommendation that Stage 3 be rejected. The Supreme Court has ruled the matter will be referred to a different Member of the Land Court for further consideration.