Media Releases

NSW government offers Santos PR boost through Investment Delivery Authority endorsement

March 05, 2026

The NSW Government has endorsed Santos’ proposed Narrabri Lateral and Hunter Gas pipelines in the first raft of projects backed under its new Investment Delivery Authority (IDA), placing the fossil fuel project alongside renewable energy and battery storage developments.

EPA downplayed risks of toxic chemicals in fracking approval, citing Kimberley’s ‘sparse population’

February 25, 2026

The WA Environment Protection Authority (EPA) recommended Black Mountain Energy’s*: Valhalla fracking project in the Martuwarra Fitzroy River catchment go ahead, despite the project requiring unknown quantities of dozens of chemicals not fit for release into the environment and waterways.

Farmers and Knitting Nannas call on Queensland Treasurer to honour promise to farmers

February 19, 2026

Farmers and Knitting Nannas will gather outside Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki’s Toowoomba office on Friday, demanding that the Queensland Government honour its promise to protect prime farmland and vital groundwater from coal seam gas expansion.

New short film series spotlights communities on the frontline as coal exports wind down

February 17, 2026

A new short film series sharing perspectives from Hunter farmers, healthcare workers and residents on the region’s coal export wind-down will premiere this week.

'Act of self-harm': Lock the Gate slams obstructive Planning Department as mine expansion plans are put on display

February 17, 2026

Lock the Gate Alliance has accused the NSW Department of Planning of undermining the state’s effort to address climate change and inflicting harm on its people and economy as a new application to expand a controversial coal mine is publicly released for comment while...