Media Releases
Lock the Gate: Federal ALP environment policy falls short, tarnished by mining influence
June 15, 2016
Lock the Gate Alliance says the Labor Party environment election policy released today falls far short of what is needed to protect land and water, is completely lacking in detail, and looks set to be tarnished by plans to include the mining industry in an...
Read MoreNew report maps shows scale of unfilled coal pits in NSW
June 08, 2016
New report maps shocking scale and legacy of unfilled super-sized coal pits in NSW Call to backfill ‘final voids’, which combined are larger than Sydney Harbour
Read MoreLock the Gate calls on EPA to investigate risk of contamination at AGL’s flooded CSG wells in Camden
June 07, 2016
Local people in the Menangle Park area have contacted Lock the Gate with serious concerns about more than six CSG wells that have been submerged in floodwaters, south-west of Sydney, in areas adjoining the Nepean River, and CSG water tanks and containers that have...
Read MoreLock the Gate welcomes first step commitment from Australian Greens: urges cross-party cooperation to tackle strategic challenges
June 07, 2016
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed a commitment from the Australian Greens to the establishment of a National EPA, part of the Alliance’s Water4Life index, and urges all political parties to cooperate to deliver decisive action to meet the country’s major strategic challenges...
Read MoreExposed: crafty corner-cutting cuts coal mine deal to take too much groundwater
June 07, 2016
Documents obtained under freedom of information law reveal the NSW Department of Primary Industries created a loophole in a key water sharing plan to allow the coal mining industry to access large volumes of extra groundwater, despite receiving a report warning the system was...
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