It’s a gas, gas, gas: How Aussie richlisters plan to unlock a fracking fortune in the NT
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May 29, 2021
The Beetaloo basin, which lies 600km south of Darwin, has the “potential to rival the world’s biggest and best gas resources,” according to the federal government.
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In June 2018, federal politician Jane Hume rose in the Senate to hail the recipients of that year’s Queen’s Birthday honours. Among them, she noted, was a “special” person, businessman Paul Espie, who Hume counts as both a friend and mentor. Hume described Espie as a business titan and doyen of the Liberal Party, who had just received an Order of Australia for his services to the nation, particularly in the mining and infrastructure sectors.
It s a gas, gas, gas: How Aussie richlisters plan to unlock a fracking fortune in the NT
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