Gloucester Blocks the Gate on AGL
Published: December 05, 2011
A spontaneous blockade has been imposed on coal seam gas company AGL outside the Hunter Valley town of Gloucester.
Local residents, alarmed at the entry of trucks carrying heavy equipment onto a local property where a coal seam gas rig was expected in the near future, scrambled to blockade the trucks.
Lock the Gate Alliance president Drew Hutton said local community groups opposed to coal seam gas development in the Gloucester Valley were mounting the blockade.
Read moreLock the Gate president in court next Wednesday
Published: December 01, 2011
President of the Lock the Gate Alliance, Drew Hutton, will appear in the Dalby Magistrates Court next Wednesday charged with obstructing a coal seam gas company.
The court case is set down for the 7th and 8th December in the Dalby Magistrates Court, corner Drayton and Cunningham Streets. Media are invited to attend for the midday press conference and rally on Wednesday 7th.
Read moreLock the Gate vindicated by Senate inquiry: time for a royal commission
Published: November 30, 2011
Today's release of the Senate MDBC committee into coal seam gas vindicates the stance taken by the Lock the Gate Alliance over the past twelve months.
The report calls for such measures as a moratorium on all further approvals of CSG projects in the Murray Darling Basin until all necessary scientific studies have been completed, although it does not call for a moratorium on all projects as the Alliance has demanded.
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, said he was particularly pleased the committee pointed to the inconsistency between 'adaptive management', as implemented by the Queensland government, and the precautionary principle.
Read moreLand and Environment Court decision shows mining law is unjust
Published: November 29, 2011
Today's decision by the NSW Land and Environment Court meeting in Singleton to issue a court order granting coal mining company NuCoal access to the property of Jerrys Plains farmer Ian Moore shows how skewed the law is in relation to the rights of landholders.
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, who was in court today, said that, if Ian and Robyn Moore wished to continue their fight to protect their land, his organisation would stand behind them.
"What we saw here today was the sheer injustice of the land access provisions in New South Wales," Mr Hutton said.
Read moreCommunity support for Ian Moore at court case
Published: November 28, 2011
Representatives from various groups in the Hunter Valley will gather at the Land and Environment Court at Singleton tomorrow (Tuesday) in support of blind farmer, Ian Moore, who is attempting to stop a coal mining company, NuCoal, from entering his property at Jerrys Plains.
When: 10.30 a.m., Tuesday 29th November 2011
Where: Land and Environment Court, Elisabeth Street, Singleton
Mr Moore has taken the company to the Court after the state's arbitration process ruled in favour of NuCoal.
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