description: State: Australian Capital Territory Current Status: | |
description: Northern Territory State: Northern Territory Current Status: 14 September 2016. Northern Territory Government implemented a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing of unconventional gas reservoirs. A Panel of experts was formed to investigate fracking in the NT and decide how long the moratorium may last. | |
description: South Australia State: South Australia Current Status: Natural gas development supported. |
description: Tasmania State: Tasmania Current Status: 26 February 2015. Policy statement maintained moratorium on the use of fracking for the purposes of hydrocarbon resource extraction, e.g. shale gas and petroleum, for five years, until March 2020. |
description: Victoria State: Victoria Current Status: 8 February 2017. Ban on unconventional gas development. Moratorium on conventional onshore gas exploration in Victoria until 2020 |
description: Western Australia State: Western Australia Current Status: Incoming Labor Government has promised to ban fracking in key locations across the state |