Media Releases
State Government betrays Queenslanders with approval of Acland mine expansion
December 20, 2014
Clean Air Queensland spokesperson Michael Kane has vowed to make the State Government’s broken promise on Acland Mine stage 3 a major election issue. “Campbell Newman has walked away from a core election promise not to approve the mine expansion and the LNP government...
Read MoreSingleton rally and public hearing: Warkworth coal mine expansion faces broad opposition
December 18, 2014
Traditional owners, wine-makers, Bulga residents, and their supporters will hold a rally in opposition to the proposed Warkworth coal mine expansion in Singleton this morning, coinciding with the opening of the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission's public hearings into the project.The rally begins at...
Read MoreRevealed: Warkworth mine expansion project “unlawful”
December 15, 2014
The law firm acting for Rio Tinto, Minter Ellison, told the State Government last year that it believed re-lodging an application for the extension of the Warkworth mine in the Hunter Valley after approval for it had been overturned by the Land and Environment...
Read MoreNSW coal seam gas regulations falls short of international best practice: EDO NSW Report
December 11, 2014
A new report outlining what a ‘world class’ regulatory regime for coal seam gas would look like for NSW was released by the EDO NSW this week. The NSW Government has committed to ‘world class’ laws to protect water, natural assets, farmland and community...
Read MorePastoralists support Mithaka aspirations for the Channel Country
December 04, 2014
The Cooper's Creek Protection Group has lent its support to the Mithaka people in the Channel Country who are seeking UN intervention in a battle over oil and gas development in the Lake Eyre Basin. Spokesperson Dr Bob Morrish said that like the Channel...
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