The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin leaves some Aboriginal Territorians feeling hopeful and others suspicious.
abc.net.au/news/nt-beetaloo-fracking-job-promises-divide-aboriginal-territorians/102346658The gas industry's promise of fracking-related jobs in the Beetaloo Basin has divided Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, leaving some feeling hopeful and others suspicious.
The company previously worked for Origin Energy removing waste, conducting weed surveys and checking well sites."It was the only way we could go, to get a bit of benefit out of it, to get some work and maybe some community benefit in the long term," Mr Jackson said. In a statement, a Tamboran Resources spokesman said development of the Beetaloo Basin would provide "significant employment, training and business development opportunities for local Indigenous people".
The acceleration of a gas industry in the Beetaloo Basin has left many Aboriginal people in a "hard position", according to Badpa and Kallala elder Harold Dalywaters."If there's employment for young people to take up jobs, mainstream work, and it'll benefit the community then that'll be good," he said
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