At the Santos 2026 annual general meeting, Traditional Owners and Indigenous Leaders travelled thousands of kilometres - from Papua New Guinea, Borroloola (Northern Territory), and Narrabri (NSW) - to challenge the company’s controversial gas expansion plans....
ASIC complaint against APA Group
Equity Generation Lawyers (EGL) and Market Forces have formally lodged a complaint with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) against APA Group - Australia's biggest gas pipeline operator - for misrepresenting the costs, scale and financial...
Scientists, Health Experts, Securityholders and NT communities put APA on notice over Beetaloo gas expansion
At APA Group’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Sydney, community leaders from the Northern Territory, climate scientists, doctors, and securityholders united to deliver one message the board could not ignore: You can’t claim climate action or Paris-alignment while building...
Macquarie closes third dirty fracking deal in less than a year
Macquarie is a critical financial backer of what could be Australia’s next biggest gas development in the heart of Australia’s Northern Territory, the Beetaloo Basin. This directly contradicts the bank’s green credentials and violates its commitments to the goals of...
New Analysis: Fracking Beetaloo equals over 235 years of polluting gas power
Thursday 3 July: New Market Forces analysis reveals fracking the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin would produce more than nine times the entire gas demand forecast for Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) for the next 25 years. The report - Pipeline to...
Empire Energy’s gas fracking fantasies
Will the Empire strike out? Empire Energy (which just changed its name to Beetaloo Energy Australia, but will be referred to as Empire Energy throughout this article) has come under fire over the viability of its dangerous fracking operations in the Northern...
Empire Energy accused of misleading investors over Australia’s biggest gas fracking
Thursday 29 May: Market Forces has filed a complaint to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) alleging gas fracking company Empire Energy engaged in potentially misleading and deceptive conduct in a recent capital raise presentation for investors....
Macquarie’s climate credentials up in smoke
By Kyle Robertson, Senior Banks Analyst, Market Forces. Macquarie Bank has sent shockwaves around the world quietly announcing it has quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) this week, taking the dubious honour of being the first major Australian financial...
