Environmental groups 350.org Australia and Lock the Gate immediately condemned the awarding of the grants to Empire, saying the firm is linked to the Liberal party and has made significant donations to both sides of Northern Territory politics before the territory’s last election.
Empire is chaired by Paul Espie, who has been described in parliament as a doyen of the Liberal party. Espie is the current chair of the Liberal-aligned Menzies Research Centre. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Espie.
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350.org Australia also released freedom of information documents showing correspondence and interaction between Empire and the office of energy minister Angus Taylor about its fracking plans in Beetaloo and the Coalition’s grant program.
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