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‘A dog’s breakfast’: Environment groups flag ‘inconsistencies’ in US company’s Kimberley fracking plans

‘A dog’s breakfast’: Environment groups flag ‘inconsistencies’ in US company’s Kimberley fracking plans

An American oil and gas company with plans to begin fracking operations in the Kimberley is accused of attempting to pull the wool over the federal government’s eyes.

  • by Holly Thompson

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Perth fossil fuel explorer plans another crack at a Kimberley frack

Perth fossil fuel explorer plans another crack at a Kimberley frack

Plans to drill in the Kimberley using hydraulic fracturing technology have been scrapped by a tiny Perth-based oil company that once promoted a vision of a $77 billion development in WA’s far north.

  • by Holly Thompson and Peter Milne
Can we care about more than one issue? Can we walk and chew gum, Australia?
Opinion
Opinion

Can we care about more than one issue? Can we walk and chew gum, Australia?

Do we care more about asylum seekers wanting to get to Australia than the plight of Aboriginal children already living here?

  • by Jane Marwick
Kimberley in crisis: Cruising the streets with Broome's kids brings hope
Analysis
Broome

Kimberley in crisis: Cruising the streets with Broome's kids brings hope

“I have full faith in the kids that come to us that 99 per cent will be fine. They will be happy, healthy adults.”

  • by Kate Hedley
Kimberley in crisis: The booze-soaked, broken hearts of Broome
Analysis
Broome

Kimberley in crisis: The booze-soaked, broken hearts of Broome

The alcohol abuse endemic among these most vulnerable community members is just a symptom, though, of lives marred by grief, violence, displacement and trauma.

  • by Kate Hedley
Kimberley in crisis: Paradise lost as Broome battles the booze
Analysis
Broome

Kimberley in crisis: Paradise lost as Broome battles the booze

Whatever we’re doing to try to help this situation is not working. We are failing these people.

  • by Kate Hedley

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