Media Releases
Sale of AGL's Hunter and Sydney PELs welcome
July 06, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the reprieve from the threat of coal seam gas for wine-makers in the Hunter and the water catchments of Sydney and the Central Coast with the announcement by AGL that they are selling three Petroleum Exploration Licences back...
Read MoreNew Hope Coal paying royalties to themselves: Queensland communities left out in the cold
July 05, 2015
New revelations that controversial mining company New Hope Coal has been paying royalties to themselves has sparked community outrage, and led to calls for the Palaszczuk Government to reject the Acland Stage 3 coal mine expansion. The project has already raised alarm bells because...
Read MoreQueensland and Tasmanian students join “shocking tour” of the coal seam gasfields
July 03, 2015
Western Downs’ local, Shay Dougall took a busload of university students and a Tasmanian researcher on an eye-opening tour yesterday to give them some first-hand experience of the realities of living in the gasfields. Mrs Dougall, spokesperson for the Hopeland Community Sustainability Group, said...
Read MoreNorthern Rivers in Gas Mining Limbo
July 01, 2015
Gasfield Free Northern Rivers has welcomed the news from Minister Anthony Roberts of the time extension to the Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) buy back scheme, however they noted that the community needs the issue to be resolved soon. The new proposal by Thomas George that it...
Read MoreLatest 'cash for access' expose puts spotlight on donations reform
July 01, 2015
Lock the Gate welcome the comments in support of political donations reform by the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten and Former Leader of the Federal Coalition, John Hewson. The comments come on the back of disturbing 4 Corners allegations regarding lobbyist “cash for...
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