The South Australian government is planning to lift a ban on fracking in the state's South East amid reports of increasing risks to gas supply in southern parts of the nation.

South Australia plans to lift its decade-long ban on fracking against the backdrop of potential gas supply shortages later ...

A controversial plan to end a ban on fracking in South Australia's South East two years earlier than planned, appears to be all but dead, with the Liberals and One Nation vowing to oppose legislation.

One Nation will defy its own energy policy and kill off the lifting of a controversial ban on gas fracking in the South-East, pushed by the Premier to avert a future fuel crisis.

WA Premier Roger Cook's comments about a potential return of fracking have drawn backlash from conservationists. Cook said ...

A controversial mining technique — hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — is one step closer to ending in Western Australia, after WA Labor party members voted for a blanket ban. Fracking involves ...

Labor moves to overturn moratorium on fracking in groundwater-dependent region two years earlier than planned and just weeks after state election Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton ...