Media Releases
New report finds coal seam gas will undermine Australian economy
October 18, 2012
A new report by the Australian Industry Group and the Plastics and Chemicals Association has re-ignited the debate over coal seam gas and given new impetus to the Lock the Gate movement. The report, entitled Large scale export of East Coast Australia natural gas:Unintended consequences has...
Read MoreThousands turn out for Lock the Gate’s National Week of Action
October 15, 2012
Thousands of people from across Australia turned out over the weekend for the start of Lock the Gate’s national week of action against coal and coal seam gas in our communities, our farmland, bushland and water catchments. Lock the Gate President Drew Hutton said...
Read MoreFriends of the Earth action to stop coal dump
October 15, 2012
Two young activists from Friends of the Earth have been arrested today for scaling a 30 metre high coal dump on the edge of the Darling Downs town of Jondaryan and dropping a banner. Their action was part of the Lock the Gate Alliance’s...
Read MoreLock the Gate National Week of Action
October 12, 2012
Following the success of its National Day of Action in 2011, the Lock the Gate Alliance will hold its National Week of Action beginning this Saturday. Member groups of the Alliance have organised many different sorts of events, including picnics, massive human signs, rallies...
Read MoreLock the Gate challenges gas company claims CSG has nothing to do with Condamine River spa bath in new video
October 12, 2012
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, has released a video on YouTube showing that the Condamine River, near Chinchilla on the Darling Downs, is still bubbling like a spa bath as methane continues to pour out into the atmosphere. Coal seam gas company,...
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