Media Releases
LNP Minister Cripps must release report on bore explosion
December 22, 2014
A State Government CSG officer has told concerned Queensland farmers that a report on a serious water bore explosion may remain confidential. The water bore on a property at Hopeland, near Chinchilla on the Western Downs let out a loud bang last month (Nov....
Read MoreState Government betrays Queenslanders with approval of Acland mine expansion
December 20, 2014
Clean Air Queensland spokesperson Michael Kane has vowed to make the State Government’s broken promise on Acland Mine stage 3 a major election issue. “Campbell Newman has walked away from a core election promise not to approve the mine expansion and the LNP government...
Read MoreSingleton rally and public hearing: Warkworth coal mine expansion faces broad opposition
December 18, 2014
Traditional owners, wine-makers, Bulga residents, and their supporters will hold a rally in opposition to the proposed Warkworth coal mine expansion in Singleton this morning, coinciding with the opening of the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission's public hearings into the project.The rally begins at...
Read MoreRevealed: Warkworth mine expansion project “unlawful”
December 15, 2014
The law firm acting for Rio Tinto, Minter Ellison, told the State Government last year that it believed re-lodging an application for the extension of the Warkworth mine in the Hunter Valley after approval for it had been overturned by the Land and Environment...
Read MoreNSW coal seam gas regulations falls short of international best practice: EDO NSW Report
December 11, 2014
A new report outlining what a ‘world class’ regulatory regime for coal seam gas would look like for NSW was released by the EDO NSW this week. The NSW Government has committed to ‘world class’ laws to protect water, natural assets, farmland and community...
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