Media Releases
Gas price rise impacts highlight failure of regulatory authorities to act in national interest
July 21, 2014
The Queensland Government approved the Gladstone LNG and QGC Queensland Curtis LNG projects without any cost benefit analysis despite this being a requirement of the EIS process, a whistleblower revealed today. Former Government worker turned whistleblower Simone Marsh said the Queensland Coordinator General signed...
Read MoreNSW grazier at Katherine show to share knowledge on fighting the frackers
July 18, 2014
A NSW farmer and grazier with first hand experience of the coal seam gas industry will be attending the Katherine Show to answer questions from local pastoralists about how communities around the nation have fought off risky unconventional gas mining
Read MoreSham CSG ‘dialogue’ met with scepticism from Gloucester to Narrabri
July 16, 2014
A new ‘Narrabri Dialogue’ on coal seam gas proposed by the NSW government and voted on by Narrabri Council today is attracting criticism from the very communities it’s supposed to engage, with calls for the proposal to be withdrawn for genuine consultation to take...
Read MoreBHP's legacy in the Hunter: a toxic dam the size of Sydney?
July 15, 2014
BHP Billiton must be forced to fill in legacy voids from the Mt Arthur mine coal mine at Muswellbrook to avoid putting the Hunter River at risk for hundreds of years into the future, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance.
Read MoreExposed: Hunter coal mines own entitlements to 143 billion litres water
July 14, 2014
Coal mines in the Hunter region own and control huge volumes of water, are changing the flow of the Hunter River, exacerbating salinity and putting other water users in the region at risk of running salty and dry a new report has found.
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