Media Releases
Linc Energy Goes Into Administration To Avoid Paying Rehabilitation Bond
April 17, 2016
Linc Energy, the company being prosecuted by the Queensland Government for polluting large areas of the western Darling Downs with its underground coal gasification (UCG) project, went into administration today. The company at present has a woefully inadequate rehabilitation bond with the Department of Environment...
Read MorePeabody 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].
Read MoreTaxpayers 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...
Read MoreHistoric 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.
Read MoreNo 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.
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