Media Releases
New analysis supports Qld govt adopting Land Court refusal of Acland coal mine expansion
September 08, 2017
A new research report released today by the Queensland Environmental Defenders Office reveals that in the last decade, the Queensland Land Court has never before acted to recommend outright refusal of a mine expansion after a contested hearing as far as the EDO lawyers...
Read MoreLandholders welcome WA fracking inquiry but say it’s not enough
September 06, 2017
Landholders across the state have welcomed today’s long-awaited announcement of an inquiry into the fracking industry in Western Australia but say it doesn't go far enough.
Read MoreLock the Gate welcomes NSW ALP call to cancel Shenhua’s Watermark coal mine
August 30, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley’s call for the Shenhua Watermark coal mine on the Liverpool Plains to be cancelled and the area protected from mining and called on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to make safeguarding farmland and aquifers bi-partisan...
Read MoreWollongong Coal AGM: community demands ‘fit and proper’ ruling ahead of new proposal to mine drinking water catchment
August 30, 2017
Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining are rallying today in protest outside Wollongong Coal’s AGM, symbolically placing Wollongong Coal in the stocks (or pillory).
Read MoreAgricultural experts’ open letter urges Premier to halt Shenhua coal mine
August 28, 2017
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is being urged to halt Shenhua’s Watermark coal mine and protect the Liverpool Plains from mining, following an open letter from former agronomists and soil scientists, including several who worked for the Government.
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