NT Government told risks can be mitigated if fracking moratorium is lifted

The Northern Territory Government is expected to soon decide if it will lift a fracking moratorium, after an 15-month inquiry concluded the risks associated with the industry could be managed.

The NT fracking inquiry has delivered a final report to government.

The Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory chair, Justice Rachel Pepper, handed a final report to the NT Government on Tuesday.

If all 135 recommendations it contained were implemented, the inquiry determined that "the challenges and risks associated with any onshore shake gas industry in the NT can be appropriately managed”.

But Justice Pepper described the recommendations as "a complete package", and said it was critical each one was implemented in full, if government decided to lift the ban.

Read the story from ABC News by Emily JB Smith - “NT Government told risks can be mitigated if fracking moratorium is lifted.”

(The best way to manage to risks associated with fracking is to stop it completely, along with abandoning our search for and use of fossil fuels - Robert McLean)