Media Releases
Lock the Gate demands parties contesting the NSW election commit to protect special areas from coal mining and coal seam gas
March 04, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has today released its agenda for the upcoming NSW election, asking political parties to commit to sweeping reforms of mining and planning law to restore balance.
Read MoreToxic gases detected in prime farmland soils; Call to act on unconventional mining
March 02, 2015
News that a mixture of toxic gases has been found in shallow soils on prime farmland at Hopeland, near Chinchilla, has led Lock the Gate Alliance to call for action to suspend both underground coal gasification and coal seam gas (CSG) mining in the...
Read MoreRevealed: Public kept in the dark over Government plan to sign off 45,000ha coal industry expansion
February 28, 2015
The Lock the Gate Alliance has called for full disclosure of coal industry plans revealed today for 16 enormous mining expansion areas in the Upper Hunter.
Read MoreKoalas protest at Joyce’s office over coal mine
February 27, 2015
A group of people, including some human koalas, are this morning visiting Barnaby Joyce’s office in Tamworth to protest the Shenhua Watermark coal mine which they say will result in the death of koalas, and removal of important habitat for them.
Read MoreSenator Glenn Lazarus joins the fight against CSG at Darling Downs event
February 26, 2015
Queensland Senator Glenn Lazarus will speak against coal seam gas at a community forum at Chinchilla on Saturday after visiting an impacted farmer there on Friday. A newly-formed advocacy group for landholders, Landholders ASCERT, has teamed up with community group, Bridging the Divide to...
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