Media Releases

Controversial new mining longwall starts under Sydney's Drinking Water Catchment

May 05, 2015

Wollongong Coal is starting work today on its risky new longwall coal mine under Sydney's drinking water catchment ('Longwall 6'), according to an update to shareholders, despite concerns about its impact on Cataract Creek, and is pressing ahead with broader expansion plans that have...

Landcare Group Launches Landmark Legal Challenge Against Liverpool Plains Mine

May 04, 2015

A local landcare group has this week launched a landmark legal challenge against the proposed Shenhua Watermark open-cut coal mine, near Gunnedah in north-west NSW. The mine has met widespread opposition since it was approved by the NSW Government in January this year. The...

Statement of solidarity with remote Indigenous communities

May 01, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance opposes the forced closure of remote indigenous communities, and supports Aboriginal people’s right to live on their country, with the basic services, respect and freedoms that all Australians should enjoy in accordance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of...

Lock the Gate welcomes renewed political attention to coal seam gas

April 30, 2015

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed an announcement by the NSW Greens that they will introduce a Bill to prohibit unconventional gas development and called on all political parties to work together to act on the State election mandate to hit pause on the...

Adani the latest mining company caught out exaggerating benefits of coal mine project

April 28, 2015

Testimony from Adani’s economic expert during the Carmichael coal mine appeal currently before the Land Court of has revealed the company grossly overstated the economic benefits and jobs potential of the project. The Lock the Gate Alliance says there are no checks and balances...