Media Releases

Biodiversity officer blows the whistle on Warkworth mine connivance

January 22, 2015

A conservation officer from the Office of Environment and Heritage has resigned from his position over what he describes as capture of the Department of Planning and the Office of Environment and Heritage by the coal and gas industries, leading to the real possibility...

Qld Election: New analysis shows foodlands and water in Nanango electorate under threat from mining

January 21, 2015

Large tracts of farmland in the Nanango electorate are threatened by coal mining, including areas in Brisbane’s drinking water catchment, new research shows. Lock the Gate Alliance President Drew Hutton, said the group’s analysis showed coal exploration permits covered 281,417 hectares of the Nanango...

Coal’s North-West land grab

January 19, 2015

New research by Lock the Gate Alliance identifying the scale of coal company ownership of farmland in Gunnedah and Narrabri Shires shows the impacts of mines go well beyond their footprint, and there is urgent need for the State Government to reconsider its blanket...

Lock the Gate Monitors Candidates’ on Mining, Corruption and Fairness

January 19, 2015

Singing and dancing Queensland Sadies, and piggies with their snouts in money troughs heralded Lock the Gate’s candidates’ survey on mining, corruption and Queensland’s unfair political system, released today. Lock the Gate Alliance’s president, Drew Hutton officially released the survey on issues relating to...

Farming community slams “mates rates” regulation for controversial coal mine

January 17, 2015

A broken promise from the last State Election and the future of an iconic farming town being swallowed by a coal mine haunts the Newman Government two weeks out from Election Day. In the lead up to the 2012 election the Liberal-National Party (LNP)...