Media Releases
New Warkworth mine expansion should be quashed
August 06, 2014
Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association and the Lock The Gate Alliance have called on NSW Planning Minister Prue Goward to cancel the assessment process for a proposed expansion of Rio Tinto's Warkworth coal mine in the Hunter Valley.
Read MoreCall for halt on any further CSG approvals following Tara buy outs
August 04, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has called for a comprehensive investigation into the health impacts of coal seam gas after it was revealed that QGC had been forced to buy out residents in Tara whose health had suffered as a result of living in...
Read MoreLock the Gate’s Drew Hutton to be profiled on ABC’s Australian Story program
July 31, 2014
Lock the Gate Alliance national president, Drew Hutton will be the subject of next Monday’s (August 4) Australian Story program on the ABC.
Read MoreLNP’s 30-year plan lacks vision for QLD’s food, water and communities
July 31, 2014
The LNP’s 30-year plan shows the Premier does not acknowledge the devastation mining is causing throughout Queensland, says the Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreUpdate: New Planning Secretary hears “log of claims” from mining communities
July 30, 2014
On her first day after being confirmed as Secretary of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, Carolyn McNally heard a list of grievances submitted by people from mining affected communities around the state after a protest this morning at the Department of Planning...
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