Media Releases
Hopes high as huge fracking tenements disappear from Channel Country floodplains
June 16, 2023
More than 200,000 hectares of petroleum production licences that covered the floodplains of the Lake Eyre Basin in Far Western Queensland have vanished, and groups opposed to fracking in the region are hopeful it’s a sign of things to come.
Read MorePalaszczuk Gov’s $21 million gas subsidy a stinker for QLDers
June 14, 2023
The Queensland Palaszczuk Government is continuing to waste tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money subsidising the gas industry.
Read MoreTamboran’s Middle Arm land allocation proves $1.5B in federal funds were always intended as a fracking subsidy
June 09, 2023
Confirmation from Tamboran that it has “secured” 170 hectares at the Middle Arm petrochemical precinct in Darwin Harbour proves beyond all doubt that the publicly-funded facility will exist to artificially prop up a Northern Territory fracking industry.
Read MoreWhitehaven’s new Maules Creek expansion must not proceed
June 05, 2023
Lock the Gate Alliance has condemned Whitehaven's plan to expand its Maules Creek coal mine, saying it highlights the company’s total disregard for the damage coal is inflicting on local communities and the climate.
Read MoreRegional QLD council wants gasfield approval revoked
June 05, 2023
A council in regional Queensland that hosts the highest number of coal mines of any local government in the state wants the Palaszczuk Government to “revoke” its recent approval of Blue Energy’s planned 530 well gasfield.
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