Northern Australia development conference in Darwin faced met with protesters
In Darwin, a major conference centred around developing Northern Australia was disrupted by protestors while discussing agriculture, gas and mining. Industry leaders will continue to discuss new gas projects, including a pipeline in Beetaloo, but the question of how to best develop and attract investment to Northern Australia is coming under increased scrutiny,
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00:00 Gas expansion's got to go!
00:04 Ho, ho!
00:05 I do get concerned when I see people becoming extremists
00:09 and when they don't listen to the science and they don't listen to the facts
00:13 and they spread more misinformation.
00:15 The target? Industry leaders, including Tamboran Resources CEO, Joel Riddle,
00:21 a keynote speaker at a major development conference in Darwin
00:25 to promote fracking in the gas-rich Beetaloo basin.
00:29 The wrong message to these people that are protesting is to give them oxygen
00:35 and so that's something I'm not going to do.
00:37 Instead, moving to change focus to the company's ambitious plans for the Beetaloo,
00:43 which includes sending shale gas to help power Australia's east coast.
00:48 That agreement contemplates a new pipeline that would connect Beetaloo to the east coast
00:54 by running a pipeline directly to Mount Isa.
00:57 While Beetaloo gas production was just one element at this week's conference,
01:01 industry leaders will continue discussing how to best develop
01:05 and attract investment to northern Australia.
01:08 It's a decades-old question that's coming under increasing scrutiny.
01:11 scrutiny.
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