Media Releases

Gas and dash fear: WA taxpayers could be forced to foot the bill for another Kimberley clean-up

February 10, 2025

A petroleum company’s attempts to offload stricken oil and gas infrastructure on an environmentally sensitive peninsula within the National Heritage-listed King Sound for a fraction of the value it was estimated to be worth should ring alarm bells for the WA Cook Government.

New legal advice shows no compensation need be paid to frackers should Cook Government extend ban across Kimberley

February 03, 2025

Independent legal advice (available here) states there would be no obligation for the Western Australian Government to compensate any company that possesses a petroleum tenement, should the ban on fracking be expanded to the Kimberley.

New drone footage captures mum and bub koala in path of Yancoal’s bulldozers

January 28, 2025

New drone footage obtained by Lock the Gate Alliance confirms a colony of koalas in the path of Yancoal’s planned Moolarben coal mine expansion near Mudgee is a breeding population of the endangered and iconic Australian marsupial.

Farmers score major win in fight against gas giant Arrow Energy

January 28, 2025

A group of courageous Darling Downs farmers are celebrating after scoring a major win against multinational coal seam gas company Arrow Energy.

Fresh legal challenge against Beetaloo frack plan launched

January 24, 2025

Lock the Gate Alliance has launched a legal challenge against the Northern Territory Government’s recent approval of Empire Energy’s “Larrimah” fracking exploration project.