Media Releases
Council gives Moura Coal facility green light after Coordinator General threatens to use “step in” powers
May 30, 2014
The Banana Shire Council has approved a massive coal loading facility on the outskirts of Moura after the Queensland Coordinator General threatened to exert “step in” powers and make the decision himself to “fast track” the proposal, stripping the local community of its appeal...
Read MoreNew data shows coal mining pollution has doubled in a decade
May 28, 2014
The nation’s air quality has declined dramatically in the past decade and coal mining has been identified as the biggest source of harmful respiratory particles in our air, a new federal government report finds.
Read MoreMorningside residents vote unanimously to go coal dust free
May 24, 2014
Morningside residents today voted unanimously to demand coal wagons and coal stockpiles be covered so their suburb can be coal dust free.
Read MoreJondaryan monitoring confirms health fears from coal
May 23, 2014
Residents of Jondaryan now have on-line access to hourly pollution readings, after more than three years lobbying by the community groups Oakey Coal Action Alliance (OCAA) and Clean Air Queensland (CAQ), their members and supporters.
Read MoreSeeney backflips on promise to protect landholders from multiple coal rail line developments
May 22, 2014
Lock the Gate has called on Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney, to end the deceit after he announced, yesterday his support for three rail lines connecting the coal mines in the Galilee Basin to Abbot Point, reversing his promise of June 2012 to limit rail...
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