Media Releases
Voices from the Gaslands tell a different story to the gas industry’s spin
September 18, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance is today launching a new series of short videos that tell the stories of people whose lives and businesses have been damaged by the coal seam gas industry in Queensland.
Read MoreDefiant communities declare themselves coal mine and gasfield free despite Cripps amendment
September 14, 2014
Eleven more Queensland communities declared themselves coal mining and gasfield free at an historic public ceremony near Gympie today. The communities are defying the State Government’s draconian laws extinguishing our rights to object to mining proposals, passed secretly last week, despite the LNP’s Andrew...
Read MoreMinister misleads the parliament and the people with late night amendments to mines bill
September 12, 2014
In an 11th hour move the Queensland Government has silenced objections to mining projects across the state giving open slather to Indian coal company Adani to develop the Galilee Basin into one of the largest coal precincts in the world.
Read MoreQueensland Sadies sing up a storm at State Parliament against loss of right to object
September 10, 2014
The Queensland Sadies sang and danced their way around State Parliament today to protest against the state’s newest law that takes away our right to object.
Read MoreCommunities appeal to Ombudsman over Planning and mining complaints
September 10, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance is today submitting a formal complaint to the New South Wales Ombudsman over the conduct of the Department of Planning in assessing mining applications.
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