Media Releases

Lock the Gate Supports Ban on UCG; Congratulates Qld Govt

April 18, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the announcement by the Qld Government today that underground coal gasification will be banned. Underground coal gasification has previously caused water contamination at Kingaroy, and at Hopeland near Chinchilla it has led to the contamination of 30,000 hectares...

Linc Energy Goes Into Administration To Avoid Paying Rehabilitation Bond

April 17, 2016

Linc Energy, the company being prosecuted by the Queensland Government for polluting large areas of the western Darling Downs with its underground coal gasification (UCG) project, went into administration today. The company at present has a woefully inadequate rehabilitation bond with the Department of Environment...

Peabody bankruptcy: will the community pay when fallout hits Australia?

April 14, 2016

The announcement that the world’s biggest coal miner Peabody has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the US raises serious questions about whether taxpayers will be left footing the huge clean up bill for the company’s coal mines in Australia [1].

Taxpayers Miss Out on $500M Royalties from Acland Mine Expansion

April 07, 2016

Explosive evidence given in the Qld Land Court yesterday has revealed that an estimated $500M in royalties from the Acland Stage 3 coal mine expansion on the Darling Downs will flow to the coal company and a small number of property owners, instead of...

Historic Legal Battle Begins Over CSG Waste: People vs Santos

April 06, 2016

An historic court battle will commence in the NSW Land and Environment today, Wednesday 6 April, as the first ever legal challenge against a CSG waste project gets underway.