Media Releases
Mining hotspots fire up communities in crucial electorates
March 19, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has today released a map showing mining and coal seam gas (CSG) hotspots where actions by the NSW Government over this past term have put land, water and communities at risk and subsequently led to tightly contested races in the upcoming NSW election.
Read MoreTamworth voters won’t swallow coal and gas mining in North West
March 17, 2015
A new poll commissioned by Lock the Gate Alliance has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Tamworth voters are opposed to plans for coal and coal seam gas mining in north-west NSW.
Read MoreMomentum builds for CSG moratorium: but will parties act on immediate threat?
March 17, 2015
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed NSW Labor’s commitment to a statewide moratorium on coal seam gas activity as a priority in its environmental agenda released today, and called on all major parties to ensure that the immediate threats of coal seam gas are addressed.
Read MoreBaird increasingly isolated in support for coal seam gas
March 12, 2015
The NSW Government must act after the Christian Democrat Party joined the Greens, Labor and the Shooters and Fishers Party yesterday, in calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas mining, said Lock the Gate Alliance. The Alliance has congratulated the Christian Democrat Party...
Read MoreRampant Coal Mining hits NSW communities where it hurts most
March 10, 2015
The NSW Minerals Council advertising campaign announced today is an extraordinary and out of touch response aimed to deflect attention from the damaging impacts of coal mining on NSW communities, according to the Hunter Community Network.Spokesperson Bev Smiles said unchecked mining is hurting NSW’s rivers and farmlands, and the health of...
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