Media Releases

ACCC report shows the government needs to finally end gas export rort, instead of blaming farmers

December 13, 2017

Lock the Gate says the ACCC’s report on wholesale gas supply, released today, shows the way to reduce domestic gas prices is to reduce exports, not to sacrifice more Australian farmland to fracking and coal seam gas.

NT Fracking Inquiry report released today shows unresolved risk from gasfields

December 12, 2017

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the release of the NT Fracking Inquiry Draft Final Report. The draft report is an comprehensive body of work that identifies a host of risks associated with fracking gasfields, including the potential to harm drinking water and public...

Landholders to hold Arrow to promise not go onto land without permission

December 12, 2017

Shell Petroleum subsidiary Arrow Energy has today promised not to force access onto land for their Surat Gas Project at a community consultation meeting attended by 80 landholders in Chinchilla.

Re-appointed Minister’s ‘to do’ list to give farmers a fair go against coal and gas

December 11, 2017

The re-appointed Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Anthony Lynham, has more work to do to give farmers a fair go against coal and gas companies.

Arrow’s CSG deal with Shell leaves farmers and water supplies at risk

December 04, 2017

Lock the Gate has serious concerns with the impact of thousands of new coal seam gas wells proposed across productive agricultural lands and waterways of the Surat Basin in QLD. Arrow's tenements extend from Wandoan in the north, Dalby in the east, to Goondiwindi...