Media Releases
Queensland Government response to water rights ‘simply media spin’: Lock the Gate
September 30, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance President, Drew Hutton, said the State Government’s response to claims that it was planning to give miners a statutory right to take unlimited volumes of groundwater was “simply media spin”. “If the State Government’s proposed changes mean that mining companies...
Read MoreGloucester residents challenge AGL board on coal seam gas
September 30, 2015
Residents of the NSW town of Gloucester have travelled to Melbourne to ask questions of the AGL’s Board at the company’s Annual General Meeting today about the company’s controversial coal seam gas project next to their community. Supportive Victorians are expected to rally in...
Read MoreState Government wants to give miners unlimited rights to take precious groundwater
September 30, 2015
Queenslanders should be outraged that the State Government is considering giving unlimited access to groundwater resources to mining companies while other water users have to comply with strict limits. According to an ABC report today the government is considering back-flipping on its pre-election promise...
Read MoreEnvironmental disaster waiting to happen at many Queensland mines
September 29, 2015
The environmental disaster-waiting-to-happen at a silver mine near Texas on the Qld/NSW border should act as a major wake-up call to the State Government, says Lock the Gate Alliance. The abandoned mine has apparently left a “toxic legacy” with possible spills of heavy metals...
Read MoreVictorian Liberal National joins Tasmania in push for unconventional gas ban: Lock the Gate urges national halt
September 28, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the announcement today by the Liberal-National Opposition in Victoria that they support a moratorium on unconventional gas drilling till 2020.
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