Media Releases
Licence to spill: Perrottet Government legalizes coal mines' take of Sydney’s drinking water on eve of election
March 10, 2023
The Perrottet Government has quietly declared new rules just one week before caretaker mode which will enable coal mines to access water allocations set aside for drinking water for southern Sydney and Wollongong.
Read MoreMining lobby must not be allowed to delay Lake Eyre Basin protections any longer
March 07, 2023
Lock the Gate Alliance is demanding the Palaszczuk Government release the long overdue response to stakeholder consultations concerning the protection of Lake Eyre Basin rivers and floodplains from new oil and gas projects, and to stand firm in the face of mining industry lobbying....
Read MoreGreenhouse gas emissions from NSW coal mines set to increase by a quarter to 2030 while emissions from other industries fall
March 06, 2023
The NSW Government has made the astonishing admission that emissions from coal mining will increase by more than a quarter by 2030 on 2021 levels.
Read MoreStatement in response to Adani report concerning threat mine poses to Doongmabulla Springs Complex
March 06, 2023
Lock the Gate Alliance National Coordinator Ellen Roberts said, “This report confirms what we’ve always feared – that Adani’s Carmichael coal mine poses a severe threat to the unique and nationally significant Doongmabulla Springs wetland.
Read More308,000 footy fields worth of unrehabilitated mined land in Queensland, and it’s growing
March 03, 2023
A long awaited report reveals that the area of unrehabilitated mined land in Queensland has grown even larger, nearly four and a half years after laws were passed to supposedly improve the situation.
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