Media Releases

Wide Bay Burnett Safe For Now, As Blue Energy Fracking Licences Expire

January 07, 2019

Community groups are celebrating the news this week that Blue Energy gas permits in the Wide Bay Burnett region have expired and will not be renewed. The Department of Natural Resources and Mines has informed Lock the Gate Alliance this week that the two...

Disappointment as administrative tribunal withholds Shenhua coal documents

January 07, 2019

Community group Lock the Gate Alliance has redoubled its calls for a Special Commission of Inquiry into mining in NSW after the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal this week found in favour of the NSW Government withholding key documents on the Shenhua coal mine....

Adani, can you dig it? (no, you can't)

December 21, 2018

Lock the Gate Alliance has today described Adani’s decision to move some machinery to its Carmichael mine site in Central Queensland as a PR stunt, with several significant environmental approvals and court challenges outstanding.

Lock the Gate welcomes Sydney water catchment mining report, urges moratorium pending final study

December 21, 2018

Revelations six billion litres of water has been diverted from creeks feeding Sydney water catchments into underground coal mines in the Special Areas show a moratorium on any new mines in the region must be immediately implemented, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

Lock the Gate welcomes postponement of Vickery public hearing

December 17, 2018

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the Independent Planning Commission’s decision to postpone a public hearing into a large new coal mine proposed near the Namoi River at Boggabri.