Abbreviations and acronyms

Aboriginal Land Rights Act
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976
ACCU
Australian Carbon Credit Unit
AEMO
Australian Energy Market Operator
ALEC
Arid Lands Environment Centre
ALFA
Arnhem Land Fire Abatement
APPEA
Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association
Authority
Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority
Autonomous Sanctions Act
Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011
BCD Program
Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program
Beetaloo
the Beetaloo Basin
Beetaloo Strategic Basin Plan
Unlocking the Beetaloo: The Beetaloo Strategic Basin Plan
Bilateral Agreement
Commonwealth–Northern Territory Bilateral Energy and Emissions Reduction Agreement
CDU
Charles Darwin University
CLA
Cambrian Limestone Aquifer
CLA
community living area
COP
United Nations Conference on the Parties
CSIRO
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
DAWE
former Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
DCCEEW
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
DEPWS
NT Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
DFAT
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
DISER
former Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
ECNT
Environment Centre NT Inc
EDO
Environmental Defenders Office
EIA
environmental impact assessment
EMP
environment management plan
Empire Energy
Empire Energy Group Ltd
EP
Exploration Permit
EPBC Act
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
ERF
Emissions Reduction Fund
Falcon
Falcon Oil and Gas Australia Ltd
Federal Court
Federal Court of Australia
FPIC
free, prior and informed consent
fracking
hydraulic stimulation or fracturing
GBA Program
Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program
GGAP
Greenhouse Gas Abatement Plan
GHG
greenhouse gas
GISERA
CSIRO's Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance
GLNG
Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project
GSOO
Gas Statement of Opportunities
IEA
International Energy Agency
Instrument
Industry Research and Development (Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program) Instrument 2021
Large Emitters Policy
NT Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management for New and Expanding Large Emitters policy
Mb/d
million barrels per day
MNES
matters of national environmental significance
Native Title Act
Native Title Act 1993
NDC
nationally determined contribution
NIAA
National Indigenous Australians Agency
NLC
Northern Land Council
NT
Northern Territory
NT Climate Change Response
Northern Territory Climate Change Response: Towards 2050
Nurrdalinji Corporation
Nurrdalinji Native Title Aboriginal Corporation
NWI
National Water Initiative
Offsets Framework
Northern Territory Offsets Framework
Offsets Policy
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Offsets Policy
Origin
Origin Energy Ltd
Partnership Agreement
Partnership Agreement with Australian Government and First Nations Heritage Protections Alliance on Indigenous Cultural Heritage
PBC
prescribed body corporate
PC
Productivity Commission
Pepper Inquiry
Independent Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Territory
Petroleum Act
Petroleum Act 1984 (NT)
President
President of the Senate (Senator the Hon Sue Lines)
R&D
research and development
Rallen
Rallen Australia Pty Ltd
RNTBC
registered native title bodies corporate
Sacred Sites Act
Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1989 (NT)
Safeguard Bill
Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022
Samuel Review
second statutory review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity sConservation Act 1999, undertaken by Professor Graeme Samuel
Santos
Santos Ltd
Sweetpea
Sweetpea Petroleum Pty Ltd
Tamboran
Tamboran Resources Ltd
tCO₂-e
tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent
Top End PBC
Top End (Default PBC/CLA) Aboriginal Corporation

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