Australian taxpayers absolutely should not be forced to subsidise the unstable and polluting gas industry, nor should communities who have spent more than a decade fighting gasfields suddenly have them forced upon them, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes to revoke mining giant Shenhua’s approval to clear koala habitat for its Watermark coal project, after fire and drought combined to ravage the iconic species' population.

Lock the Gate Alliance is outraged the NSW Planning Department has recommended the destructive Vickery coal mine project be approved, and says the government has dismissed serious problems with the proposal.

Landholders living near gasfields on Queensland’s Western Downs have condemned the Federal Government and National Covid-19 Coordination Commission’s ill-sighted push for more unconventional gas, and have warned other communities in regions targeted by the industry.

Lock the Gate Alliance has condemned the decision by the Queensland Palaszczuk Government to sacrifice even more land to the destructive, polluting unconventional gas industry.