Lock the Gate has welcomed the appointment of the Financial Provisioning Scheme Advisory Committee which will advise Government on how funds will be spent on abandoned mine rehabilitation. 

Federal and state governments must do more to drive Australia’s energy market so it fits within the International Energy Agency’s sustainable development scenario and assist regional communities to start diversifying their economies now to prepare for change, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

New freedom of information documents reveal the Berejiklian Government has reversed its position on the consideration of downstream greenhouse gas emissions in coal mine decisions in six months, following pressure from the NSW Minerals Council.

The Maules Creek community has formally declared itself gasfield free at a celebration in the north west NSW locality today.

The Oakey Coal Action Alliance is calling on the Palaszczuk Government to hold firm in the face of bizarre comments made via the media by New Hope, owners of the New Acland coal mine.