Seems some issues needed resolving. The Pepper Inq recommended a SREBA and its finding are referenced belkwo
That should be all she wrote
Full speed ahead

7.8 Conclusion
The sustainable management of surface and groundwater resources is crucial to the development
of any onshore shale gas industry in the NT. The Panel assessed the risks relating to the
protection of three water-related environmental values: water quantity, water quality, and aquatic
ecosystems. The Panel has focussed its attention on the Beetaloo Sub-basin because this is the
most prospective shale gas region in the NT and its water resources have been comparatively well
studied. This case study allows the Panel to draw a number of the conclusions that have broad
relevance across the NT.

In total, the Panel assessed 20 water-related risks using the risk assessment framework detailed
in Chapter 4. For most of these risks, the Panel identified mitigation measures, which if introduced
and rigorously enforced will reduce these risks to an acceptable level.

However, the Panel has identified four high-priority issues from the 20 assessed in respect of
which there is insufficient information to enable a full risk assessment to be conducted for the
development of a mature onshore shale gas industry. These are: sustainable groundwater use;
contamination of groundwater with hydraulic fracturing fluids and wastewater from leaky wells;
groundwater contamination from on-site surface spills of wastewater; and the effect of these
water quantity and quality issues on either surface and/or groundwater-dependent ecosystems.

The Panel has determined that detailed SREBAs are needed to provide the necessary data and
knowledge. The Beetaloo Sub-basin should be the first priority for such a SREBA, and this must
be undertaken before any production licences are granted for the purpose of any onshore shale
gas industry in the NT

So then this

Northern Territory government completes SREBA study, flags final decision on fracking industry weeks away

The Northern Territory government has publicly released the findings of a critical, three-year study into fracking in the Beetaloo sub-basin, finding no new risks associated with the development of an onshore gas industry.

Key points:

• The SREBA study was a key recommendation arising from the Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracking
• Researchers say there is now enough information to make sure any risks from fracking can be mitigated
• That study found territorians have low trust in the gas industry and in the government's ability to regulate the industry

Completion of the assessment means the Northern Territory government will likely have a final decision on whether fracking production will go ahead in the next few weeks, according to Environment Minister Lauren Moss.

The Strategic Regional Environmental and Baseline Assessment — or SREBA — was a key recommendation from the 2018 Pepper Inquiry, and one which the Northern Territory government had committed to finalising before any production licences were issued.

"We're releasing this significant body of work almost five years to the day since the government accepted all of the recommendations of [the Pepper] inquiry," Ms Moss said.

"I think that this research will well and truly withstand public scrutiny, and it will certainly stand the test of time.

"The inquiry itself said that the risks would be able to be mitigated if we implemented the 135 recommendations. That's the work that government's committed to