Media Releases

Lock the Gate welcomes NSW Opposition call to protect Hunter farmland from coal mining

December 03, 2016

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed calls by the NSW Leader of the Opposition at the Country Labor conference in Dubbo today for minimum distances to be established between the Hunter Valley’s critical wine and thoroughbred lands and encroaching coal mines.

Liberals announce 10-year ban on fracking in the Limestone Coast, Labor should follow suit

November 30, 2016

The Limestone Coast Protection Alliance and Lock the Gate have congratulated the South Australian Liberals on their commitment to ban all unconventional gas activities in the Limestone Coast for 10 years, and urged the SA Labor Government to match it.

Protests in Sydney and Mudgee call on government to save Wollar from coal mining

November 29, 2016

Supporters of the Upper Hunter community of Wollar will rally in Sydney and Mudgee today against a coal mine expansion that threatens to wipe out the village. The proposal to extend the Wilpinjong coal mine is being reviewed by the NSW Planning Assessment Commission,...

Documents reveal BHP's coal mines in breach of rehabilitation guidelines

November 23, 2016

Information released to the Lock the Gate Alliance reveals a gaping flaw in Queensland's environmental legislation that is allowing mining companies in the state to avoid having to do the progressive rehabilitation of their sites, as required by law.

John Butler to play two Frack Off concerts, gas fight shifts to WA

November 23, 2016

Western Australia is shaping up as the next big battleground in the national campaign against fracking and unconventional gas, with John Butler Trio preparing to hold two major ‘Frack Off’ concerts this weekend, in Margaret River. Close to 10,000 people are expected at the two...