Media Releases
New laws offer glimmer of hope for Queenslanders fighting new mining and gas projects
March 29, 2023
Ordinary Queenslanders who oppose major amendments to damaging mining projects will now have a greater say, following the passing of new laws in State Parliament today.
Read MoreGreens-negotiated improvements to Safeguard Mechanism important, but Labor must move faster
March 27, 2023
Lock the Gate Alliance welcomes improvements to the Safeguard Mechanism negotiated by the Greens and Labor, but urges the Federal Government to act faster to respond to the climate crisis, with a climate trigger in national environment law the next big test.
Read MoreWell done Minns, but new coal and gas won't benefit anyone
March 27, 2023
Lock the Gate Alliance congratulates NSW Labor on its election, and calls on the party to heed last week’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warning to urgently increase climate action, and to step up to protect land and water from coal and gas mining....
Read MorePalaszczuk Government approves 500 gas well project, wants southern states and the feds to pay for pipeline
March 24, 2023
A newly approved gasfield in inland Central Queensland would require 19 billion litres of groundwater, a pipeline that doesn't exist yet, and would threaten dozens of water bores relied on by locals, company documents reveal.
Read MoreJoint letter demands Palaszczuk Government release Lake Eyre Basin consultation document immediately
March 17, 2023
A wide cross section of groups involved in stakeholder negotiations with the Palaszczuk Government over the protection of the Lake Eyre Basin rivers and floodplains from new oil and gas are demanding the community consultation paper informed by those meetings be released publicly.
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