Media Releases
KEPCO must withdraw its “insulting” coal and climate appeal
January 13, 2020
KEPCO’s decision to appeal the rejection of its polluting Bylong thermal coal mine because the assessing authority took into account the project’s impact on climate change is an insult during the current climate-change influenced bushfire crisis and should be withdrawn, according to Lock the...
Read MoreKoalas can’t bear unrehabilitated Ipswich mine sites
January 10, 2020
Concerned Ipswich locals and Lock the Gate Alliance are calling on the Queensland Government to give the south east’s struggling koala population a helping hand and force mining companies to rehabilitate two sites located in the middle of prime koala habitat.
Read MoreGrinch gives gas industry a sneaky gift before Christmas
January 10, 2020
Protect Country Alliance has condemned the sneaky - but not surprising - decision by NT Environment Minister and Christmas grinch Eva Lawler to sign off on Origin Energy’s Beetaloo Basin fracking plans just two days before Christmas.
Read MoreBad move KEPCO - Bylong won’t back down
December 18, 2019
Farmers and their supporters have expressed their extreme disappointment following the decision by multinational KEPCO to seek a judicial review of the Independent Planning Commission’s ruling against the company’s planned Bylong coal mine.
Read MoreNarrabri Council supports farmers’ fight against Whitehaven’s Vickery coal mine following scathing report
December 17, 2019
Farmers have welcomed a scathing Narrabri Council report about the destructive Vickery coal mine planned for near Boggabri which further proves the project has little support locally.
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