Following the state's promotion of Queensland’s Taroom Trough as Australia’s first major new oil province in 50 years, Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings speaks with Dayne Pratzky - the anti-fracking activist known as "Frackman" - about the severe environmental hazards to local water supplies and prime agricultural land. 

Pratzky warns that the multi-billion-dollar project mirrors economically disastrous shale oil booms in the United States and urges the nation to invest in renewable transport rather than risky, expensive fossil fuel extraction.

Following the state's promotion of Queensland&rsquo;s Taroom Trough as Australia&rsquo;s first major new oil province in 50 years, Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Mornings speaks with Dayne Pratzky - the anti-fracking activist known as "Frackman" - about the severe environmental hazards to local water supplies and prime agricultural land. 
Pratzky warns that the multi-billion-dollar project mirrors economically disastrous shale oil booms in the United States and urges the nation to invest in renewable transport rather than risky, expensive fossil fuel extraction.

Tune in to 4BC Mornings, weekdays from 9am-12pm.

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