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FOI shows WA Health Department struggling with fracking rules, new Premier should seize chance to ban fracking
May 31, 2023
Freedom of information documents show the Western Australian bureaucracy is struggling to implement its own fracking recommendations, and Lock the Gate Alliance says the recent change in WA leadership is an opportunity for the government to abandon fracking before it’s too late.
Read MoreBuru Energy shareholders targeted outside company’s AGM over Kimberley gas plans
May 25, 2023
Concerned community members have targeted Buru Energy investors at this morning’s annual general meeting, warning them about the threat the company’s gas plans pose to the precious Kimberley.
Read MoreGovernment documents reveal HVO coal expansion would force other industries to pick up emissions slack
May 19, 2023
Industries across NSW would be forced to pick up the emissions reduction slack if a single, Glencore and Yancoal owned coal mine expansion is built, according to an internal submission from the Planning Department’s net zero team.
Read MoreFOI documents show McGowan Government considered allowing cancer causing chemicals in fracking
May 19, 2023
Heavily redacted documents released under freedom of information laws show the McGowan Government considered allowing fracking companies to use cancer-causing chemicals, in direct contrast with the state’s fracking inquiry recommendations and health department advice.
Read MoreCentral Australians invite Energy and Climate Ministers to hear community’s fracking concerns
May 18, 2023
Fracking opponents brandishing a giant fake frack well (image attached) and protest signs will greet energy ministers as they arrive in Mparntwe/Alice Springs tomorrow for the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council.
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