Media Releases
Lock the Gate welcomes NSW ALP call to cancel Shenhua’s Watermark coal mine
August 30, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley’s call for the Shenhua Watermark coal mine on the Liverpool Plains to be cancelled and the area protected from mining and called on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to make safeguarding farmland and aquifers bi-partisan...
Read MoreWollongong Coal AGM: community demands ‘fit and proper’ ruling ahead of new proposal to mine drinking water catchment
August 30, 2017
Illawarra Residents for Responsible Mining are rallying today in protest outside Wollongong Coal’s AGM, symbolically placing Wollongong Coal in the stocks (or pillory).
Read MoreAgricultural experts’ open letter urges Premier to halt Shenhua coal mine
August 28, 2017
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is being urged to halt Shenhua’s Watermark coal mine and protect the Liverpool Plains from mining, following an open letter from former agronomists and soil scientists, including several who worked for the Government.
Read MoreFAIL: QLD Gov changes to Minerals Act won’t protect landholders from gas mining impacts
August 24, 2017
The Government’s proposed amendments to the Minerals and Energy Act will not protect landholders from the environmental impacts of gas mining because they do not mandate that gas companies hold insurance designed to protect farmers and their businesses, according to Lock the Gate.
Read MoreSydney’s drinking water at risk: Lock the Gate urges catchment coal mining moratorium
August 21, 2017
Lock the Gate Alliance says revelations that coal mining is reducing water availability in Sydney’s drinking water catchment must trigger urgent action from the NSW Government to declare a moratorium on any further mining in the Special Areas of the catchment and review all...
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