Media Releases
Damning pipeline report calls for immediate halt and regroup on shale
May 19, 2016
Lock the Gate Alliance says a damning report revealing the shaky economic underpinning of the controversial shale gas pipeline between the Northern Territory and Queensland means the project must be put on hold until a national interest test for gas projects is in place....
Read MoreLock the Gate Alliance welcomes ALP’s promise for national interest test for gas
May 18, 2016
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed today’s commitment by the ALP to introduce a national interest test for gas mining and export projects, urging the Coalition to match the policy and for all political parties to ensure Australia’s precious water resources are not...
Read MoreCommunities visit over 70 electorate offices to demand action from Federal candidates to protect #WATER4LIFE from mining
May 17, 2016
Residents visited more than 70 Federal electorate offices right across the country today in support of the campaign to protect water resources and communities from risky coal and unconventional gas mining.
Read MoreQueensland Resources Council wants taxpayers to foot the Bill for cleaning up the mining mess it leves behind
May 16, 2016
The comments by the Queensland Resources Council in today’s Courier Mail show the industry is still unwilling to pay its fair share for mining rehabilitation, potentially leaving taxpayers to pay the cost for the associated environmental clean-up costs.
Read MoreEducation held to ransom in Giles’ desperate bid to push onshore gas fracking
May 16, 2016
A Facebook announcement by Chief Minister Adam Giles over the weekend for “Knowledge Territory,” promoting education vouchers if the Territory receives royalty payments from onshore gas fracking, is being described on his page as 'blackmail,' 'a con,' and 'holding our children’s education to ransom.'...
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