following a preview screening of "frackman" in adelaide in february 2015 as part of the documentary film festival docweek, the energy resource information centre published a list of 'frackman facts' on their website. the centre also questioned the commitment of public funds to the project and described pratzky as having "made it a personal mission to disrupt, protest and demonise an industry that he doesn’t agree with." the film attracted criticism from former federal australian labor party leader mark latham who described it as "a fracking false alarm" in an opinion piece published by the "australian financial review". he went on to criticise the anti-fracking movement by describing it as "one of the most fraudulent, misinformed and irrational pieces of politics i have ever seen."