Media Releases
Revealed: Public kept in the dark over Government plan to sign off 45,000ha coal industry expansion
February 28, 2015
The Lock the Gate Alliance has called for full disclosure of coal industry plans revealed today for 16 enormous mining expansion areas in the Upper Hunter.
Read MoreKoalas protest at Joyce’s office over coal mine
February 27, 2015
A group of people, including some human koalas, are this morning visiting Barnaby Joyce’s office in Tamworth to protest the Shenhua Watermark coal mine which they say will result in the death of koalas, and removal of important habitat for them.
Read MoreSenator Glenn Lazarus joins the fight against CSG at Darling Downs event
February 26, 2015
Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus will speak against coal seam gas at a community forum at Chinchilla on Saturday after visiting an impacted farmer there on Friday. A newly-formed advocacy group for landholders, Landholders ASCERT, has teamed up with community group, Bridging the Divide to...
Read MoreKatherine Council first NT municipality to introduce fracking moratorium
February 26, 2015
The Northern Territory’s Katherine Town Council last night joined the rapidly growing list of local councils across Australia who have supported moratoria or passed motions of opposition or concern about unconventional gas mining. The Council passed a motion supporting a moratorium on fracking activity...
Read MoreParliamentary inquiry calls for halt to gas drilling in NSW
February 25, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the release today of the NSW parliamentary report into the supply and cost of gas, saying that the Parliamentary Committee has effectively called for a halt to CSG drilling in NSW.
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