Minister Tanya Plibersek should strengthen ‘trigger’ protection to ensure projects are assessed for impact on water resources
A shale gas well in the Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory, where there is concern about the impact on water.The Greens say the Albanese government has indicated it could be a year before promised new environment laws are passed, a delay that potentially pushes the revamp close to the next federal election.
The independent MP, Sophie Scamps, and Hanson-Young said, given the delay, the government should bring forward one part of the promised changes – strengthening the “water trigger” to ensure local water resources were protected from fracking for gas – and pass it this year. “With the threat of drought again looming large and the approval of new shale fracking projects in the Beetaloo Basin imminent, it is urgent that we act now to protect our water resources from potentially destructive unconventional fracking practices,” she said.
Plibersek did not directly address the call for action now, but said the legal overhaul would include an expanded water trigger. “We would welcome support, across party lines, to expedite our strong new laws through the parliament next year,” she said.
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