Media Releases

Queensland Sadies serenade Jeff Seeney’s staff

August 26, 2014

The Queensland Sadies were greeted by a ‘welcoming committee’ of seven police officers who apparently enjoyed the show outside the Biloela office of Deputy Premier, Jeff Seeney, the LNP member for Callide and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning.

Woman sacked for having a Coal Dust Free Brisbane sign in her car – what next in Queensland?

August 26, 2014

Things are seriously wrong in a state that allows a hard-working woman to be sacked for having a Coal Dust Free Brisbane sign in her car. But that’s happened to Wynnum West resident, Kym Garrick who was sacked from her security officer job at...

The Right of Reply the Australian Financial Review couldn't find the space to publish

August 25, 2014

This is Lock the Gate's opinion piece that the Australian Financial Review have said they didn't have space to publish. It follows last Monday's (August 18) front page story "Facts v Fiction: busting CSG myths" that then spilled to a two-page feature inside the...

Glenwood Community United Against Coal and Gas

August 25, 2014

Around 200 residents of the Glenwood community, near Gympie met on Saturday morning to discuss the mining threat in their region. An overwhelming majority voted to keep their roads and land coalmine and gasfield free.

Don't Give Water Trigger to States

August 25, 2014

Regional leaders urge Senate to vote down handing coal and coal seam gas mining approvals to states More than 180 rural and Indigenous leaders, scientists and farmers from right across Australia, including former Federal MP Tony Windsor, are calling for Australian Senators to vote...