Media Releases
Threatening farmers with compulsory acquisition new low for Minns and Santos
October 29, 2025
Lock the Gate Alliance condemns in the strongest terms possible NSW Chris Minns’ threats to grant coal seam gas company Santos permission to compulsorily acquire properties owned by landholders who oppose the company’s Hunter Gas Pipeline.
Read MoreLabor’s shock hand back of environment laws to states poses integrity, water, environment risks
October 28, 2025
Labor’s environment laws look set to fast-track development by handing approval powers back to state governments who have shown they can’t be trusted to protect the environment or listen to communities.
Read MoreGreat Artesian Basin spring systems added to at risk list in latest coal seam gas impact report
October 28, 2025
A new Queensland Government groundwater report has identified several Great Artesian Basin-fed springs as at risk from coal seam gas extraction for the first time.
Read MoreBHP’s climate hypocrisy, royalties spin, outed in investor-targeted analysis
October 23, 2025
A new snapshot analysis of BHP’s significant coal expansion plans for Central Queensland highlights the company’s lack of consistency on climate commitments and calls into question its ongoing criticism of QLD’s tiered coal royalties system.
Read MoreOutrage as Crisafulli Government approves massive new gas plant for export on edge of QLD’s best farming country
October 16, 2025
Farmers have vowed to fight back after the Crisafulli Government approved the construction of a huge new polluting coal seam gas processing facility for export on the edge of some of Queensland’s most productive farming country and mere kilometres from the town of Cecil...
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