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NT Labor Party divisions revealed as majority vote to ban fracking

NT Labor rejected fracking practice

Source: AAP

Delegates at Territory Labor's annual conference have voted in favour of a ban on fracking, highlighting the deep divisions within the party just a month after the Gunner Government lifted its moratorium.


As anti-fracking protesters gathered outside the conference in Darwin, Chief Minister Michael Gunner called on party delegates to recognise his decision to support fracking was based on the findings of an independent, scientific inquiry.


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