Put People Over Profits

Young people are bearing some of the worst of the coronavirus health crisis, and now face being locked out of the workforce for years – all while watching our homes and communities struggle with the growing effects of climate change.

The Morrison Government wants to invest in dirty gas projects that will set off a carbon bomb our communities can't afford.We need our leaders to invest in our communities and our futures by creating thousands of clean jobs through renewable energy projects and investment in industries like care, education, and social services.

Young people are bearing some of the worst of the coronavirus health crisis, and now face being locked out of the workforce for years – all while watching our homes and communities struggle with the growing effects of climate change.

The Morrison Government wants to invest in dirty gas projects that will set off a carbon bomb our communities can't afford.We need our leaders to invest in our communities and our futures by creating thousands of clean jobs through renewable energy projects and investment in industries like care, education, and social services.

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We’ve drafted a template email below to help get you started, but make it personal by sharing why Origin’s fracking plans in the NT concern you. Remember, if you’re an Origin Energy customer, shareholder or staff member make sure you let them know.

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Dear Origin Energy CEO Frank Calabria and the Board Of Directors,

Re: Disrespecting Traditional Owners at your AGM and fracking the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory

As concerned members of the community, we urge you to cease all drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations in the Northern Territory to protect our land, water and future from dangerous shale gas fracking.

Despite lack of proper consent and concerns from Traditional Owners and Aboriginal communities raised at your recent AGM, your corporation (Origin Energy) is still going ahead with exploration activities in the Beetaloo Basin. Among the Traditional Owners at your AGM was Uncle Ray Dixon, who shared a powerful statement against your fracking plans on behalf of Mudburra and Jingili people. This was closely followed by a powerful question asked by Alawa Native Title Holder, Aunty Naomi Wilfred.

But instead of answering these questions, your Chairman disrespected and dismissed the concerns of Traditional Owners and even questioned their authority to speak out. As a company that claims to care about climate change and respect the rights of Indigenous people, this is not good enough and we believe that Origin Energy can and must do better.

Fracking is risky anywhere, anytime, let alone during wet season and in the middle of a pandemic. For many years now, Traditional Owners and Aboriginal community members have been raising their concerns about the risks that fracking poses to the country, culture and future of remote Aboriginal communities who will be first and worst impacted.

Communities across the Northern Territory are already experiencing the impacts of climate change; from extreme heat waves, to drought and unpredictable rains and floods. Fracking would make this even worse, with scientists predicting that opening up the Beetaloo Basin would be completely incompatible with Australia’s commitments to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees under the Paris Climate Agreement.

Furthermore, the impacts of climate change from fracking the NT would be felt beyond the Northern Territory. Across the world, Indigenous communities are on the frontlines of both the extraction of fossil fuels and climate impacts, but as the sea levels rise our communities are rising up too.

Whether it’s a roaring bushfire season and ongoing impacts of climate change, or a global pandemic that puts vulnerable community members most at risk, we are living in a critical time in history and what we do right now matters. What Origin Energy chooses to do right now matters.

It’s time for Origin Energy to listen to the concerns of Traditional Owners, Aboriginal communities and the thousands of people across the country and the world who are standing with them.

Origin Energy, we are calling on you to protect Country, culture, communities and our climate by walking away from fracking in the Northern Territory.

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