Media Releases
Three Brisbane suburbs vote to go coal dust free for the sake of their health
June 14, 2014
Three Brisbane suburbs have now voted to go coal dust free with Corinda this week joining Wynnum and Morningside. Corinda residents attended a community health meeting on Wednesday at St John’s Lutheran Church. They voted unanimously to demand coal wagons and coal stockpiles be...
Read MoreLock the Gate slams LNP decision to extinguish landholders’ rights
June 13, 2014
Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed a Queensland Government decision that will allow land to be compulsorily acquired to facilitate rail lines from the Galilee Basin to Abbot Point in Central Queensland.
Read MoreCommunities vow not to compromise at government gas consultation events
June 11, 2014
Communities across Gippsland are preparing to turn out in big numbers for the Victorian Government’s community consultation events on unconventional gas. Residents of areas currently under unconventional gas licenses welcomed the announcement that the state government will be beginning community consultation next week, in...
Read MoreAlliance dismayed by NSW gas price hike
June 10, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance is dismayed that the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal has failed to heed calls to protect NSW households from the profiteering activities of big gas exporting companies with the release today of the Tribunal’s decision to hike gas prices...
Read MoreLNP gambles public money on non-existent mining royalties
June 09, 2014
The State Government is gambling public money on non-existent mining royalties in the hope of keeping Queensland’s finances afloat, says the Lock the Gate Alliance.
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