Media Releases
CSG identified as one likely cause of Condamine River bubbling
July 27, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance says a new fact sheet released by CSIRO this week vindicates its concerns by identifying CSG activities as one of three likely causes of the Condamine River bubbling methane in south-west Queensland. However, the fact sheet ignores climate change impacts.
Read MoreFracking Inquiry shows clear risks, Feds need to back off - Lock the Gate
July 14, 2017
The much anticipated Interim Report of the NT Fracking Inquiry has just been released, providing balanced evidence that there are a myriad of risks involved with extracting shale gas in the Northern Territory.
Read MoreNew Shenhua Statement Raises Spectre of Taxpayers Footing Bill for Mine to Start
July 13, 2017
A media statement by Shenhua Coal late yesterday raises alarm bells that they will use the $262M in taxpayer dollars paid by the NSW Government for relinquishing part of the exploration licence as payment to commence mining in the approved project area.
Read MoreFarmers react angrily to expensive and damaging Shenhua coal licence half-measure
July 12, 2017
Liverpool Plains farmers have reacted angrily to the NSW Government’s announcement that it has bought back only half of the coal exploration licence over the Liverpool Plains owned by Shenhua allowing the company to go ahead with an open-cut coal mine in the midst...
Read MoreLock the Gate to Call for National Abandoned Mines Commission
July 11, 2017
Lock the Gate to call for National Abandoned Mines Commission at mining rehabilitation Senate Inquiry hearing in Brisbane today WHAT: Lock the Gate and farmers present at the Senate Inquiry into mining rehabilitation WHO: Rick Humphries, Lock the Gate Rehabilitation Campaigner, former mining industry...
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