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Food, films and fundraising on Friday in Brisbane to fight unfair mining
February 25, 2015
The Gomeroi People will hold a Food, Film and Fundraising evening in Brisbane on Friday to raise money to support their stand against mining and gas developments that threaten their lands. Over a dinner of native delicacies, you can watch two Lock the Gate...
Read MoreQueensland Government has a lot to learn from NSW report on health impacts of coal
February 23, 2015
The Queensland Government should seriously examine the Coal and Health in the Hunter report released by the Climate and Health Alliance today, says Clean Air Queensland (CAQ). The report estimated that burning coal for electricity in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales alone produced health...
Read MoreSenate Hearing: Clean Air Queensland calls for law reform to protect community health
February 19, 2015
Clean Air Queensland (CAQ) today told a Senate hearing at Toowoomba that Australia needed an overhaul of clean air laws to protect communities impacted by coal dust. CAQ Coordinator Michael Kane addressed the Senate Select Committee hearing into Certain Aspects of Queensland Government Administration...
Read MoreQueensland ALP must learn from the LNP’s mistakes highlighted at Toowoomba Senate hearing today
February 19, 2015
The Senate hearings in Queensland are a wonderful opportunity for the new State Government to learn from past mistakes and avoid the LNP’s ‘coal and casinos’ approach to economic development. Lock the Gate Alliance’s President, Drew Hutton said the Senate hearing in Toowoomba today...
Read MoreSecret documents show collusion to push through Warkworth project
February 18, 2015
New documents, released under freedom of information laws, provide disturbing evidence that senior bureaucrats in the NSW government worked closely with Rio Tinto to push through a biodiversity offset package, at break-neck speed and with considerable irregularities, to help ensure the Warkworth open cut...
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