Media Releases
New renewable energy campaign targets bright sparks in Morrison Government
September 03, 2020
Lock the Gate Alliance has formally launched its “Ready for Renewables” campaign in response to the Morrison Government’s unsustainable and uneconomical push for a gas-fired recovery from the Covid-19 recession.
Read MoreFrackers line up for taxpayer handouts following NCCC leaked reports
August 31, 2020
Lock the Gate Alliance is deeply concerned lobbying efforts by fracking companies to obtain taxpayer handouts appear to be working and have increased in response to the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board’s plan to have government underwrite gas projects.
Read MoreSalt water eruptions on farmland and more river gas bubbles sign CSG expansion must stop
August 31, 2020
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling for an immediate halt to the expansion of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland and New South Wales following alarming media reports that CSG drilling in southern QLD is pushing salty underground water to the surface via historical coal...
Read MoreLiverpool Plains landholders say Aussie taxpayers shouldn’t be billed for farm wrecking coal seam gas pipelines
August 31, 2020
Landholders along the route of the proposed Hunter Gas Pipeline say Morrison Government funding for the project would be a betrayal and are calling on National Party MPs to stop the Prime Minister and Energy Minister from giving the doomed project a taxpayer-funded lifeline. ...
Read MoreNSW Government Chief Scientist CSG response fails farmers and communities
August 28, 2020
Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed the NSW Berejiklian and Barilaro Government’s response to why it has not implemented the Chief Scientist’s recommendations on coal seam gas.
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