Media Releases
Award winning environmentalist to dial in from India in opposition to Russell Vale expansion
October 16, 2020
An award winning grassroots Indian environmentalist who has spent much of his life fighting Wollongong Coal’s majority parent company has been given special permission to speak at next week’s Russell Vale Independent Planning Commission public hearing.
Read MoreNT Traditional Owners outraged after Angus Taylor visits frack site they oppose
October 16, 2020
Traditional Owners for the Beetaloo Basin area where Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor is visiting to inspect a gas site today say they strongly oppose fracking on their land and fear it will destroy a sacred site.
Read MoreBerejiklian and Barilaro, support the Bill to slay the zombie licences
October 15, 2020
Lock the Gate Alliance strongly supports independent NSW MLC Justin Field’s new Bill to extinguish the zombie petroleum licences covering much of north west NSW.
Read MoreGas company land access comments just hot air unless politicians change laws to support farmers
October 12, 2020
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud to put his money where his mouth is after he was reported saying farmers should be able to lock their gates to gas companies.
Read MoreZombie PELS: Farmers’ worst fears confirmed as gas companies seek to raise expired permits from the dead
October 09, 2020
North west NSW farmers say their worst fears are being realised as gas companies announce plans to raise so-called “zombie-PELs” from the dead in response to the Independent Planning Commission’s decision to greenlight the Santos Narrabri gasfield.
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