Media Releases
More lay-offs at Hunter coal mine shows planning system is not the problem
November 04, 2014
The lay-off of 150 people to cut costs at BHP’s Mount Arthur mine just six weeks after the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission gave the company approval to expand the operation is proof that mining approvals can't save or create jobs in the coal...
Read MoreCommunity draws a line in the sand over gasfields
October 31, 2014
Northern Rivers communities will declare their region Gasfield Free in a unique and moving ceremony in Lismore’s Riverside Park, followed by a street march and concert on Saturday.
Read MorePM and Premier booed off stage at People’s Bill Debate in Brisbane
October 30, 2014
Angry constituents booed the PM and the Premier off stage during this week’s Queensland People’s Bill debate for their support of rampant development of coal and coal seam gas in this state. An angrier Parliamentary Speaker, Mrs Simpson said this sort of behaviour was...
Read MoreBowen Basin gas approval a reckless risk of groundwater
October 29, 2014
The Federal Government has given approval to Arrow Energy for 4,000 new coal seam gas wells in the Bowen Basin, including up to a thousand wells that can be fracked. These wells will stretch hundreds of kilometres from northeast of Moranbah to Blackwater, west...
Read MoreGasfield Free Northern Rivers moves one step closer
October 29, 2014
A Northern Rivers region free of unconventional gas mining has moved one step closer today, as the NSW Labor Party extends its policy to ban gas mining in the region to cover the Clarence electorate.
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