Media Releases
APPEA withholding information from NSW on gas supply
August 21, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the refusal by Minister Anthony Roberts of Petroleum Exploration applications in Central New South Wales and called on the gas industry to come clean over gas prices and contracts after revelations in New South Wales parliament yesterday...
Read MoreWindsor Calls for Senators to Hold Firm on Water Trigger
August 21, 2014
Tony Windsor has this morning released a statement calling for crossbench Senators in the Federal Parliament to hold firm on the water trigger. Mr Windsor introduced the trigger to require Federal assessment of the water impacts of large scale coal and coal seam gas...
Read MoreDrayton South mine a test of priorities
August 21, 2014
The Planning and Assessment Commission will hear today that its decision on the Drayton South mine is a test of New South Wales' priorities, as conflict over incompatible land and water uses in the Hunter puts the spotlight on a planning system that has...
Read MoreQueensland Sadie Ladies create a political storm at Toowoomba hearings
August 19, 2014
The Queensland Sadie Ladies turned their attention on Toowoomba today to highlight the need to keep our water catchments clean, our food lands mining-free and our lifestyles intact. The intrepid ‘political cleaners’ targeted the State Government hearings examining LNP proposed legislation that takes away...
Read MoreCSG water monitoring welcome, but big picture policy still eludes NSW Government
August 19, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the announcement of a new groundwater research program in parts of the state targeted by coal seam gas miners, but says the missing part of the government’s approach is clear exclusion zones that protect productive groundwater sources...
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