Media Releases
Minerals Council claims on job losses a desperate attempt to bully government
October 24, 2014
Lock the Gate has dismissed claims by the Minerals Council, that 8,600 mining jobs are at risk in the Hunter, as wildly exaggerated.
Read MoreProtecting Water Sources: Pastoralists say floodplains are rivers too
October 24, 2014
Graziers in south-western Queensland have used National Water Week to repeat their call that protection of the Channel Country's Wild Rivers be re-instated.
Read MoreBan on Maules Creek spring clearing vindicates community concerns
October 23, 2014
The decision made by the NSW Department of Planning today to deny Whitehaven Coal a special permit to clear for the Maules Creek coal mine during the sensitive spring/early summer period has vindicated community concerns of its environmental impact, Lock the Gate said today....
Read MoreAlliance takes aim at coal industry hypocrisy on jobs
October 22, 2014
Lock the Gate Alliance this morning accused the coal industry of hypocrisy for lashing out at the sensible decisions by the Planning Assessment Commission to limit one mine and reject another.
Read MoreCall for greater water protection as Australia celebrates National Water Week
October 21, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has used the start of National Water Week to highlight the growing threat to the nation’s surface and groundwater resources from coal and unconventional gas mining across the country. National coordinator for Lock the Gate Phil Laird said the...
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