Media Releases
Canavan’s pre-judgement on Adani raises legal questions
March 21, 2019
Statements by Government Minister Matt Canavan in the media today indicate the Federal Government has already decided to approve Adani’s groundwater management plan, raising serious legal questions about pre-judgement and biased decision making.
Read MoreFine won’t break the bank for serial offender Whitehaven Coal: Alliance calls for greater consequences
March 20, 2019
Lock the Gate Alliance says Whitehaven Coal’s repeated failure to comply with NSW law should be taken into account by the Independent Planning Commission in its consideration of the company’s proposed Vickery coal mine following the company’s conviction in the Land and Environment Court on...
Read MoreFast tracking fracking shows NT Government lacks tact
March 20, 2019
Northern Territory communities will suffer should the NT Government be allowed to get away with its attempts to fast track fracking in the Beetaloo Basin, according to Protect Country Alliance.
Read MoreLock the Gate Alliance condemns dangerous Dartbrook plans
March 18, 2019
The reopening of a notorious coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley will put the wellbeing of local communities at risk and is an unacceptable incursion into productive farmland, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreLanguishing gas licences leave landholders in limbo: Lock the Gate
March 18, 2019
Landholders in north west NSW are living with the uncertainty of multiple expired, but not extinguished, coal seam gas licences sitting over their properties.
Read More