Media Releases

Yancoal job cuts follow expansion approval: systemic adjustment needed

July 24, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance says the announcement by Yancoal Australia of over 200 job cuts at its Austar and Abel coal mines in the Hunter region shows the urgent need for structural adjustment in the thermal coal mining sector, as the local industry flounders...

Minister should approach Chinese Govt about Shenhua record

July 24, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed news that the Minister for Resources and Energy and his department will be investigating whether Shenhua Australia, the proponents of the planned Watermark coal mine on the Liverpool Plains, are a 'fit and proper person' to hold a...

Senator Glenn Lazarus joins locals at coal mine & gasfields free event at the Southern Downs

July 21, 2015

Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus will be keynote speaker at the Southern Downs on Saturday (July 25) when locals declare their wish for the region to become coal mine and gasfields free. Ninety-two per cent of residents in Goomburra, Allora and Berat voted against the...

Senator Lazarus joins top Q&A panel after anti-coal seam gas movie, Frackman

July 20, 2015

Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus will join an expert Q&A panel after the anti-CSG movie, Frackman in Brisbane on Wednesday night. Senator Lazarus joins Q&A panel host, reporter Mike Munro, Lock the Gate Alliance’s Drew Hutton, star of the movie Dayne Pratzky and Western Downs...

Fairfield residents vote to become coal dust free

July 19, 2015

Residents of Fairfield and surrounding suburbs voted at a community meeting yesterday to make their suburb coal dust free for the sake of their health. They are concerned about the amount of coal dust blanketing their region already, and the threat of even more dust...