Lock the Gate Alliance says it is unconscionable Queensland Mines Minister Anthony Lynham is demanding federal taxpayer funds be spent on expanding the gas industry immediately following revelations CSG expansion will impact 571 farming water bores across Southern Queensland.

Community members opposed to fracking in WA’s Wheatbelt are today rallying outside gas company Mineral Resources annual general meeting.

Wide Bay locals are gearing up for another fight, with a destructive coal mine mooted for fertile agricultural land just north of Bundaberg.

A community meeting in Singleton has adopted a series of demands seeking action from the NSW Government to address chronic air pollution in the Hunter Valley. 

Lock the Gate has welcomed the appointment of the Financial Provisioning Scheme Advisory Committee which will advise Government on how funds will be spent on abandoned mine rehabilitation.