Media Releases
Lock the Gate president to visit Glenugie blockade site
December 10, 2012
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, will be visiting and participating in the blockade at Glenugie, near Grafton, with coal seam gas company Metgasco about to force its way onto a property. About 100 local residents and their supporters from across the region...
Read MoreMiners take farmers to court in Southern Highlands coal bid
November 29, 2012
Mining company Hume Coal, partly owned by Korean company POSCO, will be in the Land and Environment Court today attempting to use legal force to barge its way onto rich farmland to explore for coal in the Southern Highlands of NSW. Lock The Gate...
Read MoreLock the Gate calls on Newman government to heed warning by Hopper
November 26, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance believes the frustration felt by resigned Liberal National Party MP, Ray Hopper, over the Newman government’s policies on coal seam gas are only the tip of the iceberg for the rural community. Lock the Gate president, Drew Hutton, said,...
Read MoreUnprecedented attack on independent science by Federal Resources Minister
November 21, 2012
The Lock The Gate Alliance has called on the Federal Resources Minister, Martin Ferguson, to resign after he attacked a new study on fugitive emissions from coal seam gas mining without having read it. The Sydney Morning Herald reported comments by the Minister to an energy conference in...
Read MoreEnvironment Department must stand up to QGC on coal seam gas pipeline construction near Miles
November 16, 2012
Lock The Gate Alliance and landholders in the Columboola Creek area south-east of Miles are calling on Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) Executive Director, Andrew Connors to stand by his recent public assurances that Queensland Gas Company (QGC) pipeline contractors would cross...
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