On Thursday 14 May, news broke that legislation will be introduced to remove a 10-year ban on fracking in South Australia's South East. South Australia has been a national leader in the clean energy transition, transforming its grid from 1% renewable generation to over 74% in 2024, aiming for 100% net renewables by 2027. Our state has shown the courage to choose a sustainable path forward, embracing renewable energy and protecting this precious place for generations to come. The 10-year fracking moratorium is not just an environmental protection – it's a statement about who we are as a state. • Water Security for All Farming Families South Australia is home to some of Australia's most productive agricultural land, supported by fragile aquifer systems that are the lifeblood of our farming communities. Fracking threatens this precious groundwater – the very resource that sustains our food bowls and wine regions. Once contaminated, these aquifers may never recover. • Clean, Green Reputation We are internationally renowned for premium food and wine produced in a clean, green environment. Fracking would place this valuable reputation at risk. People across Australia and the world seek out South Australian produce precisely because of our clean environment and sustainable practices. • Leading the Energy Transition South Australia has been at the forefront of Australia's renewable energy revolution. We've shown that a thriving economy and clean environment can go hand in hand. Retaining our fracking ban demonstrates our commitment to a genuine energy transition, not a return to outdated, risky technologies that undermine our clean energy future. The decision we make today will impact generations to come.  Our children and grandchildren will inherit the consequences of our choices about water security, environmental protection, and the type of economy we build. We have a moral obligation to leave them a South Australia that is cleaner, greener, and more sustainable.  Let South Australia continue to lead the way in clean energy and environmental protection.  Let us remain a state that chooses long-term sustainability over short-term gain, and that puts our children's future first. We urge all Members of Parliament to protect our South East and retain the fracking ban.

We all have special places we care for. For Larrakia people, we are especially connected to the places that hold our Creation Stories, where our Ancestors are buried, our places of Healing and Ceremony and the Sacred Lands we’ve cared for - for generations. People who created the colony of Australia stole, extracted resources, and built their wealth from these special places. As a result, Aboriginal people have been prevented from protecting and nurturing our ancestral lands, life-giving forests and sacred waterways. Today, many of these places are damaged - which impacts all of us. Lee Point in Darwin is one of these special places. Lee Point is a sacred area of Larrakia Dreaming, Ceremony and history that is currently under threat of being destroyed by Defence Housing Australia to build 800 houses for the military and First National Real Estate O'Donoghue's profits. With trees older than the colony of Australia, Lee Point is a beautiful coastal bushland teeming with life, song and Spirit. For millennia, Larrakia people have cared for the lands surrounding Lee Point. Generations of Larrakia families have brought our children to Lee Point to hunt, fish and be with family, to learn who they are and how to care for Country. Today, Larrakia people are working to protect Lee Point after people in government gave Defence Housing Australia permission to demolish our sacred lands and stop us from passing our culture onto the next generations. Our goals are to protect Larrakia Country and culture, stop Defence Housing Australia from desecrating our sacred lands at Lee Point and ensure the NT and Federal governments return Larrakia lands to Larrakia people. For Larrakia people to look after these places based on thousands of years of knowledge, we need Country returned to our care. When this happens our people, Larrakia people, can again fully enact our responsibility and guardianship of the lands we all care about.