Media Releases

September 22, 2016

Lock the Gate has made a scathing submission against the proposed new United Wambo coal mine between Warkworth and Jerry’s Plains in the central Hunter Valley saying it is based on secret information that has not been disclosed to the public and the mine...

September 14, 2016

The announcement by Chief Minister Michael Gunner this morning of a limited fracking moratorium falls far short of his election promises and will allow extensive shale gas activities and corehole drilling to continue across the Territory, said Lock the Gate Alliance.  

September 08, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance has warmly congratulated the Fraser Coast Council for passing a motion today stating that it does not support unconventional gas extraction within its boundaries. Fraser Coast Councillor James Hansen put forward a motion which states: “That the Fraser Coast Regional...

September 05, 2016

The Hunter Central Rivers Alliance of over forty community groups has called on the Baird Government to terminate the Wallarah 2 coal mine project in Wyong's drinking water catchment, as the latest round of public consultation on the project ends today.

August 31, 2016

Chairman of parent company on corruption charges, close to a billion dollars in ‘accumulated losses’, and little hope of approval for flagship mine in water catchment. Civil society groups are gathering outside Wollongong Coal’s AGM in Towradgi today, to protest the damage that this...