Media Releases
Big holes left in rehab legislation due to become law this week
October 31, 2019
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the Queensland Government to reaffirm its commitment to appoint an independent mine rehabilitation commissioner on the eve of new rehabilitation laws coming into effect on November 1.
Read MoreFederal Government’s Adani FOI refusal doesn’t hold water
October 30, 2019
A bizarre bureaucratic claim is stifling the public’s ability to learn more about what went on behind closed doors in the lead up to Adani being granted its water licence by the Federal Government.
Read MoreFed up Bylong farmers protest outside South Korean Embassy
October 25, 2019
Fed-up farmers, their friends, and a small flock of sheep have rallied outside the South Korean Embassy in Canberra today to draw attention to what’s at stake if the Korean government-owned corporation KEPCO doesn’t relinquish its mining titles in the beautiful Bylong Valley.
Read MoreMinister Stokes moves to blindfold impact of climate change from coal mines
October 24, 2019
Lock the Gate Alliance says “downstream emissions” legislation introduced by Planning Minister Rob Stokes in NSW parliament today is a reckless clutch at a blindfold that can’t erase the effects of climate change.
Read MoreQLD Government investigation into New Acland and drained farm bores was flawed: New report
October 23, 2019
A new independent scientific review has found major failings with a Queensland Government investigation into the loss of water in farming bores near the New Acland Coal Mine, with farmers now pointing the finger at the mine for causing the drainage.
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