Media Releases
Qld reduces financial assurances for mining rehabilitation by 10 per cent
November 25, 2015
The Palaszczuk government has allowed mining companies to reduce by 10 per cent the financial assurances they pay to the state to cover rehabilitation of mine sites. Lock the Gate Alliance President, Drew Hutton said that, as of October this year, companies no longer...
Read MoreNational shock: Fracking in Watarrka (Kings Canyon) National Park must be prevented
November 24, 2015
National shock and community support for Traditional Owners has been the response to learning that Australian tourism icon Kings Canyon in the Watarrka National Park in the Northern Territory is under threat from gas fracking.
Read MoreHundreds celebrate gasfield free North West
November 23, 2015
Hundreds of people from across North West NSW gathered behind the Crossing Theatre in Narrabri yesterday to celebrate remaining Gasfield Free for another year and to show their ongoing and unwavering opposition to the Santos Narrabri Gas Project in the Pilliga Forest.
Read MoreAshton ruling shows importance of community objection rights
November 20, 2015
The Hunter Environment Lobby has welcomed today's ruling in the Court of Appeal that the Ashton South East Open Cut mine cannot go ahead without the consent of local farmer and landholder, Wendy Bowman. The court upheld a previous Land and Environment Court ruling...
Read MoreBylong Coal Project exemplary of NSW mining policy failure
November 20, 2015
Rapid and meaningful change to Government policy and regulation is needed to protect farmland and water resources from the proposed Bylong coal mine, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance, which has used its submission on the project to issue a scathing critique of...
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