Media Releases
Singleton Station water licence decision: a death sentence for arid ecosystems
November 16, 2021
Due to a perceived conflict of interest, the Environment Minister Eva Lawler deferred the decision to approve the controversial Singleton Station water licence to Minister Kate Worden. With only four days to consider complex...
Read More ShareGovernment keeps Territorians in the dark over NT’s largest water licence
September 02, 2021
The Arid Lands Environment Centre is appalled by the inconsistent and secretive process surrounding the Singleton Station water licence decision. ALEC will appear before the Water Resources Review Panel this Friday, September 3 after...
Read More ShareAustralia’s weakest water laws weakened further
July 28, 2021
The Northern Territory Government is trying to rush changes to the Water Act behind closed doors which threaten to make the Territory’s woefully inadequate water laws even worse. These amendments, which could come into...
Read More ShareArid Lands Environment Centre appoints new General Manager
June 28, 2021
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) is pleased to announce the appointment of a General Manager for Central Australia’s peak environmental organisation. Jade Kudrenko will become the General Manager of ALEC as the dedicated...
Read More ShareNorthern territory’s peak environment bodies lodge review of singleton station water licence
June 02, 2021
The Northern Territory’s peak environment bodies, Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) and the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) have lodged applications for Ministerial review of the Water Controller’s decision to grant Fortune Agribusiness a licence...
Read More ShareImperial fracking undermines NT environmental safeguards and needs environmental impact assessment
May 27, 2021
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC), central Australia’s peak environmental body, is calling on Imperial Oil and Gas’ proposal to frack seven new shale gas wells in the greater McArthur Basin to undergo a...
Read More Share2020 Budget: betting our future on industries of the past
October 07, 2020
MEDIA STATEMENT, Oct 7 2020 The Arid Lands Environment Centre CEO, says "Every budget is about choices, and right now the Government should be choosing to create stable, future-proof jobs for the benefit of...
Read More ShareMedia release: Gas companies looking to smoke billions down desert pipeline
August 20, 2020
20 August 2020 The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) has slammed a proposal to use taxpayer funds to subsidise a planned billion dollar, 950km long gas pipeline in Central Australia. The proposed pipeline, put...
Read More ShareMedia release: NT Act on climate for economic rebound
July 10, 2020
The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) welcomes the step forward that the Northern Territory Government has taken with the release of its Climate Change Response Towards 2050 and associated Three-Year Action Plan. The Climate...
Read More ShareLeaked Covid-19 commission report shows aggressive expansion plans for Territory gas
May 21, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORYMay 21, 2020 The group advising on the Covid-19 recovery wants to accelerate the development of new gas fields in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin and recommends that Australian taxpayers underwrite a massive...
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