Media Releases

Miners and Mineral Processors Must Be Held Accountable for Environmental Damage

March 31, 2016

The Lock the Gate Alliance has expressed strong support for the Qld Government’s proposed amendments to the state’s Environmental Protection Act that would close several loopholes that allowed miners and mineral processors to avoid their site cleanup obligations.

Chinchilla Family Takes QGC to Land Court for Noise Impacts and Air Emissions

March 29, 2016

An extraordinary David and Goliath battle has begun as Nood and Narelle Nothdurft and their family of 11, from Chinchilla, commence Land Court proceedings against QGC for excessive noise and air emissions from gas infrastructure on and around their property. A directions hearing is...

Federal Senate inquiry into Unconventional Gas comes to Narrabri

March 29, 2016

Federal Senators are in Narrabri today to hear concerns about the impacts of unconventional gas mining. The Parliamentary hearing will be held at the Crossing Theatre from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

Revealed: NSW taxpayers missing out on $14M per annum as coal mines pollute for free

March 23, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance has this morning released a report which calculates that NSW taxpayers are losing out on $14M each year because the coal mining industry is allowed to pollute for free.

Peabody bankruptcy threat must trigger coal industry closure plan

March 18, 2016

Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private-sector coal corporation, has indicated it may need to file for bankruptcy in the United States, triggering calls for intervention by Australian Governments (both state and Federal) to ensure Australian communities have support and programs to adjust and recover from the...