Media Releases
Lockyer Valley community unites against invasive coal seam gasfields
November 09, 2014
City and country united against coal seam gas at a community forum at Queensland’s Lockyer Valley at the Darling Downs today. Several hundred people attended the Locker Valley Regional Council’s event at Grantham, warning the State Government that it would have a tough fight...
Read MoreRetired astronomer halts Santos in the Pilliga
November 07, 2014
A retired astronomer from Coonabarabran has halted Santos’ clearing in the Pilliga forest in North West New South Wales for the second day running this week by attaching himself to a bulldozer.
Read MoreProtests erupt again as Santos resume CSG work in the Pilliga forest
November 06, 2014
A Coonabarabran mother of three is this morning courageously halting work and risking arrest stopping bulldozers in the Pilliga forest in north west New South Wales where gas giant Santos has begun work for its latest round of coal seam gas exploratory drilling.
Read MoreMore lay-offs at Hunter coal mine shows planning system is not the problem
November 04, 2014
The lay-off of 150 people to cut costs at BHP’s Mount Arthur mine just six weeks after the NSW Planning and Assessment Commission gave the company approval to expand the operation is proof that mining approvals can't save or create jobs in the coal...
Read MoreCommunity draws a line in the sand over gasfields
October 31, 2014
Northern Rivers communities will declare their region Gasfield Free in a unique and moving ceremony in Lismore’s Riverside Park, followed by a street march and concert on Saturday.
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