Media Releases

Anti-CSG residents injured by CSG Company Vehicles

October 07, 2013

The Lock the Gate Alliance has called on coal seam gas company, QGC, to abide by its promise to stay away from the residential estate outside the southern Queensland town of Tara after vehicles belonging to a drilling company, contracted to QGC, injured two...

Lock The Gateway: Response to NSW Government mining reforms

October 03, 2013

The Lock the Gate Alliance is glad to see the NSW Government moving forward with CSG exclusion zones towns and critical industry clusters, but says the devil is in the detail which hasn't yet been released. The Alliance has also called on the Premier...

'High Risk Incident' - Drill Pipes Exploded From Gas Well

October 02, 2013

The NSW Mine Safety Investigation Unit has released a report on a 'high risk incident' at a Metgasco gas well near Casino in July this year, where more than 200m of steel drill pipes shot out of the well at high pressure. The unconventional...

Water trigger decision welcome: real test still to come

September 26, 2013

The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the Federal Environment Minister’s decision to apply the new Commonwealth law protecting water resources from coal mining and coal seam gas to nearly fifty resource projects seeking Government approval, but warns the real test is yet to...

NSW Poll - 84% Support CSG Ban on Farmland

September 25, 2013

A poll released by Lock the Gate Alliance today shows that 84% of respondents in NSW support a ban on coal and coal seam gas (CSG) mining on productive agricultural lands and 74% support a ban on fracking. The poll debunks comments made by...