The Albanese government and the top end carbon bomb

Published: July 2, 2023, 3 p.m.

b'The Albanese government has committed $1.5bn to Darwin harbour\\u2019s Middle Arm precinct \\u2013 a project that has been sold as \\u2018sustainable\\u2019 and a contributor to \\u2018decarbonisation\\u2019. But some environmental and Indigenous groups are concerned that Middle Arm, far from promoting sustainability, is simply a vast fossil fuel project that will lock Australia into gas production for 50 more years and endanger priceless Indigenous rock art.Environment reporter Lisa Cox on what the expansion of the gas industry in the Northern Territory could mean for Australia\\u2019s emissions and traditional owners'