Media Releases
FAIL: QLD Gov changes to Minerals Act won’t protect landholders from gas mining impacts
August 24, 2017
The Government’s proposed amendments to the Minerals and Energy Act will not protect landholders from the environmental impacts of gas mining because they do not mandate that gas companies hold insurance designed to protect farmers and their businesses, according to Lock the Gate.
Read MoreSydney’s drinking water at risk: Lock the Gate urges catchment coal mining moratorium
August 21, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance says revelations that coal mining is reducing water availability in Sydney’s drinking water catchment must trigger urgent action from the NSW Government to declare a moratorium on any further mining in the Special Areas of the catchment and review all...
Read MoreResidents to rally outside “phony” NSW Minerals Council awards event
August 14, 2017
Hunter Central Rivers Alliance People affected by the impacts of the NSW coal-mining industry will hold a protest rally outside the NSW Minerals Council's “phony” Health, Safety, Environment, and Community awards and conference at a Hunter Valley resort this morning. The rally will seek...
Read MoreFOI Documents reveal independent NSW Commission made secret CSG trip with Santos
August 11, 2017
Documents obtained by Lock the Gate under freedom of information laws reveal that the independent commission charged with making decisions about major gas projects in NSW conducted a secret trip with Santos to tour it’s CSG gasfield and LNG export terminal.
Read MoreWandoan Coal Mine Approval Puts Western Downs Farmland at Risk
August 09, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed the approval of the Wandoan Coal mine on the Western Downs yesterday as an attack on the future of agriculture in Queensland.
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