00:02Mount Shank on South Australia's Limestone Coast is home to an ancient volcano and some of the
00:08state's best farming land. Our land is sacred and this is not my land but I still have a duty
00:13and
00:13role to protect it as a First Nations person. A ten-year ban on fracking in the region has
00:18been in place since 2018 but the state government wants it lifted earlier. Fracking is allowed in
00:25other parts of the state but in a region reliant on groundwater young people are concerned about
00:30the future. We typically look at you know a short term are we going to have food on the table
00:36are
00:36we going to have a roof over our heads but in the long term you know is this actually going
00:39to be
00:39a safe place to live. A Greens bill to permanently ban fracking in the southeast has passed the upper
00:45house but Labor's majority in the lower house means it's unlikely to become law. One of those cheap
00:51inputs of energy is gas and the idea of locking it up and importing it for somewhere else given
00:56that we've got it here is the antithesis of what young people need in this state. As the fracking
01:00debate rolls on plans for a rare earth mine near Naracourt are advancing. For younger farmers the
01:06proposal was affecting their future planning. I feel very misheard and taken for granted as a young
01:12farmer. Rare earths processing is dominated by China and Australia wants its own supply. The mine's
01:19proponents say it can provide a boost that lasts. Mining provides an alternate economic contributor
01:26to the region in times where farming can have go through tougher times. Big decisions looming
01:32that could define the limestone coast's future.
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