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....
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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...
Scientists, health leaders, shareholders demand APA ditch fracking pipelines
Wednesday 22 October: Doctors, scientists, community leaders and more than 100 shareholders have joined with Market Forces demanding APA Group ends its plans to build two of Australia’s biggest ever pipelines enabling dangerous gas fracking in the Northern Territory....
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...
Macquarie receives shareholder revolt on climate at 2025 AGM
2025 AGM result: 35.2% in favour of climate resolution The first ever climate-related shareholder resolution at Macquarie, filed by Market Forces, received significant support from shareholders with a huge 35% of shareholder votes in favour. The resolution called on...
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....
New Survey: Majority of Australians prefer renewable energy over gas
Wednesday 23 April: A new Market Forces YouGov national survey finds that three out of five Australians (59%) agree that expanding renewable energy such as wind and solar with battery storage is a better solution to meeting Australia’s energy needs than adding gas...
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...