Media Releases
Miles Government's greenhouse reduction targets a great start, but coal and gas rejections must follow
December 15, 2023
Lock the Gate Alliance welcomes the QLD Miles Government’s new and improved greenhouse pollution reduction targets of 75% by 2035 announced today.
Read MoreFederal law reforms must not leave decision makers blind to climate harm from fossil fuel development
December 14, 2023
Major reforms by the federal government seeking to halt Australia’s biodiversity crisis will be fatally compromised if they fail to put climate change front and centre of decisions about development, says Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreNew draft laws abandon QLD farmers to coal seam gas subsidence
December 14, 2023
A Queensland Government draft plan to abandon responsibility for farmland that is sinking due to coal seam gas induced subsidence must go back to the drawing board, say farmers and community groups
Read MoreLock the Gate Alliance response to WA environment "overhaul"
December 12, 2023
Conservation groups have reacted angrily to news the WA Roger Cook Government is planning to overhaul the state's environmental regulations, likely making it easier for fossil fuel companies to ram through polluting projects with minimal scrutiny.
Read MoreTamboran’s pre-Christmas 15 well fracking application is attempt to avoid public scrutiny
December 12, 2023
Tamboran and the Northern Territory Government have been accused of using the Christmas period to avoid public scrutiny after the company lodged a new application to frack 15 wells and the department gave just 28 days for communities to read and respond to the proposal, with...
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