Media Releases
Coal mine approval recommendation condemned
May 21, 2020
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.
Read MoreWarning from the Western Downs to Covid Commission: Gas is a problem, not an answer
May 20, 2020
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.
Read MoreQLD Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidise destructive CSG expansion
May 14, 2020
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.
Read MoreGunner bills Territory taxpayers again to subsidise fracking industry
May 13, 2020
Protect Country Alliance has slammed the Gunner Territory Government’s decision to bill taxpayers nearly $12 million as part of skyrocketing subsidies being handed out to the fracking industry.
Read MoreGovernment granted $32 million to coal minnow despite departmental reservations
May 01, 2020
New freedom of information documents and corporate statements to the ASX reveal the Queensland Palaszczuk Government has granted $32 million to mining minnow Terracom from an $80 million rehabilitation cash bond despite departmental concerns and rehabilitation failures.
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