Media Releases
CSG scorecard reveals Chief Scientist’s initiatives to protect farmers still lagging in NSW
October 26, 2017
In a timely reality check for the NSW Government, Lock the Gate Alliance has produced a scorecard measuring the Government’s actions against the NSW Chief Scientist’s recommendations.
Read MoreLock the Gate Alliance welcomes Dept of Planning recommendation to refuse consent to Rocky Hill coal mine at Gloucester
October 23, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed a recommendation from the Department of Planning that the Rocky Hill open cut coal mine proposed for the outskirts of Gloucester be rejected because of its health, amenity and social impacts.
Read MoreOrigin faces AGM frack down on their unconventional gas plans for NT
October 18, 2017
Aboriginal Traditional Owners from the Northern Territory and Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network protested at today’s Origin Annual General Meeting in Sydney, making a stand against the company’s plans to frack the NT.
Read MoreFracking consultation contract must be re-tendered amid reports of widespread bias and unethical conduct
October 16, 2017
Admissions by the NT Fracking Inquiry Panel that consultants conducting its commissioned social impact assessment were pushing biased opinions onto Aboriginal communities have sparked calls for the process to be scrapped and re-tendered to restore trust and integrity.
Read MoreSpike in particulate air pollution prompts calls for action
October 11, 2017
Lock the Gate is calling for the EPA and the Department of Planning to act on long overdue recommendations to properly address and prevent cumulative impacts of open cut coal mining on air quality.
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