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WA environmental groups slam terrible EPA Kimberley fracking decision
January 20, 2026
Community groups are stunned and outraged, vowing to ramp up pressure on the Cook Government after Western Australia’s EPA recommended the first fracking project in the state since Labor lifted the moratorium in 2019 be approved. Press conference and community action today 20th January...
Read MoreLabor faithful vote for Kimberley fracking ban, groups call for Cook to make it law
November 09, 2025
Community groups and Traditional Owners fighting to keep Western Australia’s Kimberley free from fracking welcomed an extension of the existing fracking ban to cover the iconic region being voted into the WA Labor party platform. A vote to extend the fracking ban was successfully...
Read MoreTaxpayers at risk of paying to clean up polluting petroleum wells in iconic Kimberley bay as sale goes through
June 09, 2025
Community groups say the Cook Government must take urgent action to protect WA taxpayers from a multimillion dollar cleanup bill for stricken petroleum infrastructure within a heritage-listed Kimberley bay, after the responsible company was sold off for a fraction of its original value.
Read MoreBuru Energy must come clean with dirty oil and gas projects planned for Kimberley
May 21, 2025
Community members have staged a colourful protest at oil and gas developer Buru Energy’s annual general meeting in Perth today, accusing the company of a lack of transparency over its failure to refer its west Kimberley projects to WA’s environment watchdog.
Read MoreBan Kimberley fracking now, urge community groups as Texan company retreats
April 22, 2025
Community groups are calling for a ban on fracking across the entire Kimberley amid revelations Texan company Black Mountain has quietly put its “Valhalla” project up for sale.
Read MoreGas and dash fear: WA taxpayers could be forced to foot the bill for another Kimberley clean-up
February 10, 2025
A petroleum company’s attempts to offload stricken oil and gas infrastructure on an environmentally sensitive peninsula within the National Heritage-listed King Sound for a fraction of the value it was estimated to be worth should ring alarm bells for the WA Cook Government.
Read MorePut up or shut up: Call for Prem Cook to back claimed frack legal advice with evidence
February 03, 2025
Independent legal advice (available here) states there would be no obligation for the Western Australian Government to compensate any company that possesses a petroleum tenement, should the ban on fracking be expanded to the Kimberley.
Read MoreMultinational oil and gas company resubmits Kimberley frack plan, tries to avoid environmental scrutiny
December 10, 2024
The Albanese Government must reject Black Mountain’s attempts to avoid environmental scrutiny of its polluting and dangerous Valhalla fracking project in WA’s Kimberley region and subject the plan to full assessment.
Read MoreFracking company supplied contradictory info to feds on Kimberley threatened species
October 23, 2024
An American oil and gas company has provided contradictory information to the federal environment department over the impact of a planned fracking project on threatened species in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Read MoreFrom a tiger's bite to a Moo Deng gum - Cook Government rips teeth from EPA
October 18, 2024
Fracking projects planned for Western Australia’s Kimberley pose an even greater threat after the Cook Government passed legislation to weaken the Environmental Protection Authority.
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