Media Releases
Lock 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,...
Read MoreFloodgates open to Coal Seam Gas in NSW – Government renews 22 exploration licences
September 12, 2012
The O’Farrell Government yesterday opened the floodgates to coal seam gas mining in NSW with Minister for Resources Chris Hartcher moving to renew 22 coal seam gas exploration licences including many of the most controversial and hotly contested titles in NSW. The full list...
Read MoreThe gate stays locked after ‘appalling’ Strategic Regional Land Use Policy
September 11, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance reacted to today’s announcement of the NSW government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy by saying that gates across the state would remain locked to coal and coal seam gas mining. Lock the Gate Alliance President, Drew Hutton, said he...
Read MoreOverwhelming majority rejects CSG in Lismore referendum
September 09, 2012
Over 88 per cent of voters in the Lismore Council area have voted against having coal seam gas in an overwhelming rejection of the industry. Voters were asked to respond to the question: “Do you support coal seam gas (CSG) exploration and production in...
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