Extracting gas from the Northern Territory through hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is one of the largest potential sources of carbon pollution in the world. In this episode we explore the climate cost of a potential policy backflip on opening up the NT to fracking, as well as the community opposition and the economics of it all.

australiainstitute.org.au // @theausinstitute

Host: Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at the Australia Institute // @ebony_bennett

Rod Cambell, Research Director, The Australia Institute // @R_o_d_C

Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute // @markogge

Producer: Jennifer Macey //@jennifermacey

Theme Music: Pulse and Thrum; additional music by Blue Dot Sessions