Media Releases

Senator Lazarus joins top Q&A panel after anti-coal seam gas movie, Frackman

July 20, 2015

Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus will join an expert Q&A panel after the anti-CSG movie, Frackman in Brisbane on Wednesday night. Senator Lazarus joins Q&A panel host, reporter Mike Munro, Lock the Gate Alliance’s Drew Hutton, star of the movie Dayne Pratzky and Western Downs...

Fairfield residents vote to become coal dust free

July 19, 2015

Residents of Fairfield and surrounding suburbs voted at a community meeting yesterday to make their suburb coal dust free for the sake of their health. They are concerned about the amount of coal dust blanketing their region already, and the threat of even more dust...

Impacted Darling Downs landholders thrilled with restoration of mining objection rights

July 17, 2015

Darling Downs residents are looking forward to their day in court following today’s historic overturning of laws designed to stop them objecting to the devastating impacts they would face, should the Acland coal mine expansion go ahead. Members of the Oakey Coal Action Alliance...

Alliance Applauds Qld Government for Moving to Restore Mining Objection Rights

July 15, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance congratulates the Queensland Government for moving an urgent Bill in Parliament tonight to restore the rights of landholders and community members to object to major mining projects and to have those objections heard in the Land Court. The Bill will...

The Speaker to pass on community objection rights concerns to Qld Premier

July 13, 2015

The Speaker, Peter Wellington, today accepted a landmark document from Darling Downs residents seeking to have the rights of the community to object to coal mines re-instated. The previous LNP government took away the rights of local communities to have their objections to coordinated...