I feel responsible for my role in fracking agreements signed long ago. But I won't stop fighting to save the Beetaloo basin | Janet Gregory

When I heard the news that fracking would go ahead on my grandparents' country, I felt my spirit and heart were breakingLast month the chief minister of the Northern Territory, Natasha Fyles, opened the door to large-scale fracking of what the gas industry calls the Beetaloo basin.The land to be mined includes my paternal grandmother's country.In 20 years, when the chief minister is growing old and grey, she is going to look back and feel guilt for saying yes to fracking the territory. She will think: I was part of that land damage. I shouldn't have done that. I should have listened. Continue reading...