Beetaloo Energy reaches final sign-off for NT fracking project Beetaloo Energy, a gas company operating in the NT’s Beetaloo basin, said it has reached a final investment decision (a developer’s formal approval to proceed with a specific project) for its Carpentaria fracking project after the Northern Territory government recently signed an agreement to see gas […]
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Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular | Palestine Action
Ministers banned Palestine Action despite being told by their advisers it could “inadvertently enhance” the group’s profile, an official government document shows. The briefing paper was written three months before the proscription of the group, which was set up to take direct action to halt UK arms supplies to Israel. It was prepared in March […]
Ministers warned against scapegoating prison staff over mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu | Prisons and probation
Ministers have been warned against scapegoating prison staff as they struggle to contain the political fallout of the mistaken release of an asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl. As David Lammy, the justice secretary, announced an inquiry and blamed “human error” for the accidental freeing of Hadush Kebatu from HMP Chelmsford on Friday, […]