Tag: fracking
Protest voices fall on deaf ears
THE region was well represented on Adelaide's North Terrace yesterday as Limestone Coast Protection Alliance members arrived in ramped up their campaign against fracking.
A...
Scriven opens pop-up office in Millicent
MILLICENT again has an MPs office, of sorts, for the first time in almost 20 years.
Labor MLC Clare Scriven has recently opened a so-called...
Challenge to set ban in stone
MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has moved forward with his pledge to bolster the Marshall Government’s cabinet-imposed fracking ban, introducing a bill seeking to enshrine the moratorium[…]
Libs silent on fracking ban
REPEATED calls to Premier Steven Marshall and Mining Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan urging the State Government to support a legislated moratorium on hydraulic...
Libs noncommittal over calls to block fracking
LIBERAL MP Nick McBride will seek party room support for a legislated ban on fracking but says the State Government believes the bill "does nothing but add more discussion and debate to parliament".[…]
Gas ban amendment push
GREENS MLC Mark Parnell has progressed moves to ban fracking in the South East, introducing amendments to state legislation to bolster the Marshall Government's...
Blanket gas mining ban debate
MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has rejected calls by a prominent environmentalist that all gas mining activities should be banned in the South...
Drill site waste move defended
GAS exploration giant Beach Energy has dismissed concerns by anti-mining activists over the dumping of South East drill cutting material into a McLaren Vale...
Gas warning shot fired
MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has warned the State Government to back a legislative moratorium on fracking in the South East or face...
Rock solid fracking guarantee needed
CALLS today for the State Government to enshrine the 10-year fracking moratorium into legislation appears to have merit given confusion about its long-term legality.
While...
McBride welcomes fracking moratorium
LIBERAL MP-elect Nick McBride has welcomed his party's commitment to implementing a moratorium on fracking in the South East in the first week of...
Liberals lock gate to fracking
INDEPENDENT Troy Bell is "ecstatic" a moratorium on fracking in the South East will be implemented in the first week of a State Liberal...