Leaked document shows two threatened species could be wiped out at Middle Arm development site

Conservation advocates say it shows the controversial Middle Arm industrial project “shouldn’t get past the starting gun based on impacts to nature”. The Middle Arm project is a proposed Northern Territory government development involving the construction of wharves and jetties to be used by industries including liquified natural gas, carbon capture and storage and critical minerals. Both species, which are recognised by the government as at risk of extinction, live in woodlands in the proposed development area. It found a total of 1,22o hectares of clearing was proposed for the Middle Arm development. The environment group called on both major parties to divert the promised Middle Arm subsidy to other proposals in the NT.