00:00A secret leaked to the public.
00:05A whole lot of regulators knew about it and nobody did anything to make Santos fix this leak.
00:11And instead, they keep approving Santos' new projects.
00:15The ABC yesterday revealed a tank at Darwin's LNG plant had been leaking methane since 2006
00:21and the public weren't the only ones left in the dark.
00:25The Northern Territory Chief Minister says she heard about it yesterday
00:28despite being first reported to NT regulators in 2020.
00:32The leak sparked concerns about risk of fire and explosion to neighbouring areas
00:37as well as its climate impact.
00:39The federal government has to step up here.
00:41We can't trust the Northern Territory government to act in the best interests of its own citizens.
00:46Basically, it's a cowboy country and they are acting with complete disrespect
00:51for the best interests of their own residents.
00:54The federal government says they're taking it seriously.
00:57I have asked my department to ensure that the expert review of methane emission management,
01:02which I commissioned, the government commission, led by the former chief scientist,
01:06Dr Cathy Foley, examines the matters raised,
01:09ensures that it's considered in their deliberations.
01:11There are calls for the federal government to take further action
01:14and push gas giant Santos into repairing the tank.
01:18For now, the tank sits empty, but levels of concern are rising.
01:23Without a organisation, it's been educated in terms of tutors and dangerously,
01:25due to thelocking of trees further.
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