Media Releases

Statement of solidarity with remote Indigenous communities

May 01, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance opposes the forced closure of remote indigenous communities, and supports Aboriginal people’s right to live on their country, with the basic services, respect and freedoms that all Australians should enjoy in accordance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of...

Lock the Gate welcomes renewed political attention to coal seam gas

April 30, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed an announcement by the NSW Greens that they will introduce a Bill to prohibit unconventional gas development and called on all political parties to work together to act on the State election mandate to hit pause on the...

Adani the latest mining company caught out exaggerating benefits of coal mine project

April 28, 2015

Testimony from Adani’s economic expert during the Carmichael coal mine appeal currently before the Land Court of has revealed the company grossly overstated the economic benefits and jobs potential of the project. The Lock the Gate Alliance says there are no checks and balances...

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...

Law 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...