Media Releases

Peabody bankruptcy: will the community pay when fallout hits Australia?

April 14, 2016

The announcement that the world’s biggest coal miner Peabody has filed for Chapter 11 protection in the US raises serious questions about whether taxpayers will be left footing the huge clean up bill for the company’s coal mines in Australia [1].

Taxpayers Miss Out on $500M Royalties from Acland Mine Expansion

April 07, 2016

Explosive evidence given in the Qld Land Court yesterday has revealed that an estimated $500M in royalties from the Acland Stage 3 coal mine expansion on the Darling Downs will flow to the coal company and a small number of property owners, instead of...

Historic Legal Battle Begins Over CSG Waste: People vs Santos

April 06, 2016

An historic court battle will commence in the NSW Land and Environment today, Wednesday 6 April, as the first ever legal challenge against a CSG waste project gets underway.

No support to throw NT public funds at failing pipeline project

April 05, 2016

The call by the NT Government for bipartisan support to fund the struggling gas pipeline idea demonstrates they are out of touch in maintaining support for the shale gas fracking industry, according to the Territory Frack-Free Alliance.

Planning Assessment Commission calls Russell Vale "high risk"

April 01, 2016

A controversial coal-mining proposal at Russell Vale near Wollongong is unlikely to proceed following today’s damning review report by the NSW Planning Assessment Commission (PAC), but a final decision is still required before the fate of the project is known.