At 4:55 pm yesterday afternoon, Tanya Plibersek approved another Santos fracking project to go ahead in Queensland’s Surat Basin. No announcement or fanfare, and only a single researcher keeping a close eye picked it up, reports Callum Foote.
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Decision allows Santos to open 116 new wells with an operational life of about 30 years in Queensland’s Surat Basin
Santos is denying it, but local farmers on the pristine Liverpool Plains tell a different story. Santos is poised to start fracking in the Gunnedah Basin, Callum Foote reports.
Source: Santos edges in on fracking the Liverpool Plains despite repeated denials
Kevin Gallagher was paid $37m over five years, more than Santos booked in profits, while they paid zero tax, raked in $20bn income from government gas permits, and never complained once about the $50bn of public subsidies to the fossil fuel sector. What’s the scam?
More importantly it seems not to consider the need to reduce it’s CO2 emissions in the coming decades. This isn’t a short term investment their fighting for.
Key points:
- Santos is appealing a landmark Federal Court decision that forced it to halt drilling operations in the Barossa gas field
- The company’s lawyers say it wasn’t legally obliged to consider a specific clan of traditional owners “relevant parties” when conducting consultations
- Tiwi Islanders and their supporters gathered outside the Federal Court in Melbourne to voice their concerns over the appeal
Mining giant Santos has been ordered to shut down a major drilling operation after it was found that local Tiwi Islanders had not been consulted. Dr Binoy Kampmark reports.
Source: Santos loses landmark legal battle against Indigenous rights
Sky News and The Guardian, in their coverage of this topic, also incorrectly referred to Independent candidates as “Climate 200” candidates. Whilst there is certainly nothing negative about receiving financial support from Climate 200, they are not a political party. If the mainstream media is going to label candidates receiving funding from Climate 200 as “Climate 200” candidates, they should start referring to Liberal and Labor candidates as Ampol or Santos candidates for fairness and consistency. At least there are no strings attached to donations from Climate 200.
Source: Mainstream media targets Independent candidate spending
As Santos reports its profits this week, there is one number you are unlikely to hear from chief Kevin Gallagher: $7 billion. That’s $7 billion in gas losses over five years. Bruce Robertson reports on the government’s penchant for backing a big loss industry, future gas liabilities and the Federal Government’s gas deal with the states.
via Santos blows $7 billion in five years and no relief for gas customers – Michael West
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