Work is underway on what could be WA’s first fracking gasfield, the Lock the Gate Alliance has warned.

Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on politicians to take a deep breath this World Environment Day and get serious about fixing the Hunter region’s worsening air quality.

Fierce community opposition to the gas industry on South Australia’s Limestone Coast has been ignored with the creation of three new petroleum exploration licences, according to Limestone Coast Protection Alliance.

Reserving one fifth of gas production for domestic use will do little to reduce high prices and will further disadvantage Queensland farmers whose land is being opened up to the coal seam gas industry, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

More than 6000 submissions have been sent in response to the first public Environmental Management Plan for an NT fracking site - a huge number for the Territory, and a sign the public is deeply concerned about the proposal, according to Protect Country Alliance.