Media Releases

Update: New Planning Secretary hears “log of claims” from mining communities

July 30, 2014

On her first day after being confirmed as Secretary of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment, Carolyn McNally heard a list of grievances submitted by people from mining affected communities around the state after a protest this morning at the Department of Planning...

Protest unites mining-affected communities calling for Departmental reform

July 30, 2014

A peaceful protest is underway inside the headquarters of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment in Bridge Street, Sydney, calling for the Department to end its intimacy with the mining industry and restore balance in decision making, or be subject to further and...

Mining Companies Free to Drain Unlimited Water Under LNP Proposal

July 29, 2014

Carmichael Mine May Avoid Water Licence Requirements Mining companies will be allowed to drain unlimited amounts of water under proposed State Government changes, says Lock the Gate Alliance. Lock the Gate’s Central Queensland coordinator, Ellie Smith said the group was “extremely concerned” about this...

CSG shock: Farmers return home from Qld tour

July 29, 2014

Road trip to Queensland gasfields reveals the shocking scale and impact of the CSG industry, and steels NSW residents to prevent a similar gasfield invasion.

Carmichael Decision Risks Great Artesian Basin

July 28, 2014

Lock the Gate’s Central Queensland spokesperson, Ellie Smith, says the decision by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt to approve the Carmichael Mine effectively admits that the mine will affect the Great Artesian Basin. “You can’t build one of the biggest coal mine’s in the...