Media Releases

Lock the Gate demands cost-benefit analysis on CSG before Qld government props up devastating industry

July 09, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance has demanded a cost-benefit analysis be undertaken on the coal seam gas (CSG) industry in light of the Queensland government’s misleading statements about its benefits. The Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Anthony Lynham claims the industry will keep energy...

Hunt approves Shenhua coal mine, trashes NSW’s food bowl

July 08, 2015

Today’s Federal approval of Shenhua’s open cut coal mine on the Liverpool Plains is a blow for NSW‘s food bowl, farmers, the natural environment and the region’s water security, says the Lock the Gate Alliance and Liverpool Plains Youth.Felix Nankivell, a son of third...

Queensland farmers and Senators visit Sydney to hold Tony Abbott to CSG promise

July 07, 2015

Two Queensland women have travelled to Sydney and joined forces with Queensland Senators Glenn Lazarus and Larissa Waters to deliver a petition to the Prime Ministers Manly electorate office today asking him to deliver coal seam gas protections promised when he first took office. ...

Planning reform rights wrong: fight far from over

July 07, 2015

Bulga residents, battling Rio Tinto’s Warkworth mine extension in the Hunter Valley, have welcomed the Baird government’s draft changes to NSW mining planning policy as a step forward in bringing back balance to consideration of the environmental and social impacts of mining projects.

Sale of AGL's Hunter and Sydney PELs welcome

July 06, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the reprieve from the threat of coal seam gas for wine-makers in the Hunter and the water catchments of Sydney and the Central Coast with the announcement by AGL that they are selling three Petroleum Exploration Licences back...