Media Releases
Lock the Gate welcomes Queensland Premier’s stand on Acland mine expansion
April 27, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance President, Drew Hutton today welcomed comments by the Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk about the expansion of New Hope’s Acland mine. The Premier said on Alan Jones’s radio show this morning that the State Government had “a lot of concerns” about...
Read MoreLaw reform for gas an urgent priority for parliament's first week
April 27, 2015
The first order of business when the new parliament sits next week must be decisive action to protect the Northern Rivers from unconventional gas, says the Lock the Gate Alliance, following comments by Metgasco that they plan to return to drill at Bentley in...
Read MoreMetgasco court win: Alliance calls for urgent law reform to protect public
April 24, 2015
Gasfield Free Northern Rivers says today’s court win by unconventional gas driller Metgasco against a State Government decision to suspend their drilling licence after it was revealed they breached community consultation requirements highlights the urgent need for legislative reform to protect the public.
Read MoreClean Air Queensland calls on the ALP to save Acland this ANZAC Day
April 24, 2015
Clean Air Queensland (CAQ) campaigners today called on the State Government to save the Darling Downs’ town of Acland from further devastation by rejecting the expansion of the New Hope’s coal mine. The mine already surrounds the Acland War Memorial in Tom Doherty Park,...
Read MoreIndigenous icon saved from CSG mining in Far Nth Qld
April 22, 2015
The Djungan people of Queensland’s southern Cape York area are elated that the threat of coal seam gas exploration and mining at Ngarrabulgan (Mt Mulligan), pictured above, has passed for now. Last week, the Djungan learned that the application for an Authority to...
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