Media Releases
Locals must not be forced to wait until it’s too late for say on Waitsia Gasfield
September 13, 2019
The Western Australian EPA must listen to Dongara region farmers and publicly assess the Waitsia Gasfield proposal before bending over backwards for the owners of the project, which will likely require fracking at a future stage.
Read MoreHope for the Hunter as economic inquiry gets underway
September 13, 2019
An inquiry soon to be underway in NSW could help provide a roadmap for renewal in the Hunter Valley region in the face of global coal demand decline, according to Hunter Renewal.
Read MoreAcland coal expansion sent back to drawing board, as farmers call for water licence to be refused
September 10, 2019
Local farmers have called for the Queensland Government to refuse a groundwater licence for the Acland Stage 3 coal expansion, after the Court of Appeal today ruled the Land Court did not have the power to consider groundwater impacts from mining.
Read MoreFood and fibre production in WA now under threat from fracking
September 06, 2019
The McGowan Government has condemned some of Western Australia’s best farmland and significant cultural regions to being fracked, with today’s lifting of the fracking moratorium for existing petroleum titles.
Read MoreGas Wars: Episode NT - Empire must not frack
September 05, 2019
Protect Country Alliance is alarmed “junior” gas companies are being given approval to frack areas of the Northern Territory where studies are yet to be conducted into the impact of the polluting practice.
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