Media Releases

September 08, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance has warmly congratulated the Fraser Coast Council for passing a motion today stating that it does not support unconventional gas extraction within its boundaries. Fraser Coast Councillor James Hansen put forward a motion which states: “That the Fraser Coast Regional...

September 05, 2016

The Hunter Central Rivers Alliance of over forty community groups has called on the Baird Government to terminate the Wallarah 2 coal mine project in Wyong's drinking water catchment, as the latest round of public consultation on the project ends today.

August 31, 2016

Chairman of parent company on corruption charges, close to a billion dollars in ‘accumulated losses’, and little hope of approval for flagship mine in water catchment. Civil society groups are gathering outside Wollongong Coal’s AGM in Towradgi today, to protest the damage that this...

August 30, 2016

Lock the Gate says today's ICAC findings are a signal to communities struggling against destructive coal and coal seam gas projects not to give up, as the report exposed flaws in the process for the Hunter coal port development plan and the Maules Ck...

August 30, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance today congratulated the Victorian Labor Government on its leadership in being the first Australian state to put a permanent ban on unconventional gas mining, and said that it should lead to COAG reversing its push for expanded gas mining. Phil...