Media Releases
Landholders celebrate Gasfield Free Declaration in Banjo’s “land of rock and scrub”
August 31, 2014
More than 55,000 ha will be added to the national tally of land declared Gasfield Free by local communities when the residents of Wandobah, near Gunnedah in NSW make their community declaration today, Sunday, August 31.
Read MoreCarmichael mine: still no answers on groundwater
August 29, 2014
An environmental approval has been issued to what will be the country’s largest and most damaging coal mine with key information and limits on groundwater impacts still yet to be understood, according to the Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreLock the Gate welcomes progress in land and mining conflict
August 29, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the Government’s pledge to implement all of the 32 recommendations from the Walker review of the arbitration process for land access by mining companies, though it falls short of giving landholders the right to refuse access.
Read MoreQueensland Sadies serenade Jeff Seeney’s staff
August 26, 2014
The Queensland Sadies were greeted by a ‘welcoming committee’ of seven police officers who apparently enjoyed the show outside the Biloela office of Deputy Premier, Jeff Seeney, the LNP member for Callide and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning.
Read MoreWoman sacked for having a Coal Dust Free Brisbane sign in her car – what next in Queensland?
August 26, 2014
Things are seriously wrong in a state that allows a hard-working woman to be sacked for having a Coal Dust Free Brisbane sign in her car. But that’s happened to Wynnum West resident, Kym Garrick who was sacked from her security officer job at...
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