Media Releases

Mining longer with no clear closure plan? BHP’s Mt Arthur debacle exposes government failings

November 21, 2023

BHP's failure to prepare for the closure of Mt Arthur - NSW's biggest coal mine - exposes massive problems with how the State Government is regulating the sector.

Offsets focus could leave farmers worse off, finds new report

November 20, 2023

A new report reveals how Australian farmers are on a collision course with big miners and industrial polluters thanks to the Albanese Government’s Safeguard Mechanism reforms.

Queensland’s new greenhouse gas guidelines put new fossil fuel projects to the test but let existing operators off the hook

November 17, 2023

Lock the Gate Alliance welcomes new draft guidelines (available here) that will clarify Queensland decision making powers to consider emissions generated overseas from coal and gas mined in the state as part of new fossil fuel projects.

Murray Darling 2.0? Reckless NT water plan proves need for Federal water trigger extension

November 14, 2023

The approval of a plan that grants oil and gas companies access to ten billion litres of groundwater each year and could cause one of the Top End’s most important rivers to stop flowing or reverse its course demonstrates the urgent need for the Albanese Government...

Coal watch and flyer drop to target NSW Government's two billion tonne climate problem

November 14, 2023

The Lock the Gate Alliance will politely confront decision makers as they make their way into government offices at 52 Martin Place tomorrow morning (Wednesday November 15, from 8am), and deliver flyers about 12* proposed new coal mine expansions that would be responsible for two billion tonnes...