Media and Press Statements

Events in Canberra this week point to a significant political battleground for the next federal election. More than 80 doctors converged on the capital to protest against government support for fossil fuel expansion in...

Parents and doctors from the Northern Territory have travelled to Canberra to demand the federal government stop fracking in the Beetaloo Basin and withdraw its $1.5 billion subsidy for the Middle Arm project on Darwin Harbour. 

Today Parliament House hosted its largest-ever delegation of doctors. Almost 100 of them, many from the Northern Territory, warned of increased cancer rates and other devastating health consequences if the Federal Government funds the...

Up to 70 doctors are set to converge on Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday as they urge Canberra to withdraw its $1.5bn stake in Middle Arm. The grassroots protest, supported by Doctors for...

The largest delegation of doctors to ever come to Parliament House will sound the alarm over Darwin’s Middle Arm gas precinct, warning of increased cancer rates and other devastating health consequences if the Federal...

The independent member for Kooyong Monique Ryan has accused the federal government of encouraging more gas projects by introducing legislation that would allow carbon dioxide to be pumped into international waters. 'The bill will be a...

Independent MPs Monique Ryan and Sophie Scamps say the Labor bill to allow permits for storing carbon dioxide in international waters would encourage more gas projects

Crossbenchers have fired back at comments by Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles who took aim at "teals and trolls spreading their nonsense" about plans to develop the north. 

Chief Minister Fyles' personal name-calling at the National Press Club todaydoes a disservice to the children and grandchildren of the NT, whose health isat risk due to the Middle Arm project and prospect of...

Scores of health professionals from across the country are preparing to descend on Canberra when parliament resumes protesting the development of what they fear will become Australia’s own ‘cancer alley’. This grassroots movement of...