Media Releases

Blockade stalls Maules Creek mine again

January 31, 2014

Preliminary construction work on the controversial Maules Creek coal mine has been stopped for the second time this week, as local residents and supporters blockade the site. Around 20 protesters are at the site and they have immobilised eleven machines with a pole structure...

Warkworth mine decision confirms approval conditions are meaningless

January 30, 2014

Approval of a new expansion of the controversial Warkworth coal mine in the Hunter Valley has exposed the NSW planning system as incapable of upholding the commitments and conditions made for coal mining projects, and brings community confidence in the Government to rock bottom;...

Concerned citizens invade Whitehaven offices - Call for transparency over offsets plan

January 29, 2014

Wednesday 29 January 2014: Protestors from Leard State Forest invaded the offices of Whitehaven in Boggabri today demanding to be given the independent review of the company’s offsets plan for Maules Creek mine. Spokesperson Phil Spark said that the independent review was completed in...

NSW Government Still A Long Way Off the Mark On CSG Regulation

January 29, 2014

The Lock the Gate Alliance has said the NSW Government still has a long way to go to protect land and water resources from CSG mining, and that the so-called 'reforms' announced today still fall far short of community expectations. The Government also still...

Dozens gather as Narrabri Council decision to oust campers may not hold

January 28, 2014

Narrabri residents addressed Council today in response to the second extraordinary meeting of Narrabri Council called by Mayor Conrad Bolton. Dozens of local Narrabri residents filled the chambers today, voicing their objections to Narrabri Council rushing ahead with a motion to force campers...