Media Releases
Alliance Slams Extraordinary Land and Water Grab
November 07, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed the Queensland Government’s extraordinary admission that it will take people’s land, give away coal and override due process to induce coal companies to build the biggest coal mines in the country in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Lock the...
Read MoreHunt Must Reject Palmer's Mine
November 06, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the Federal Government to reject Clive Palmer’s ‘China First’ coal project in the Galilee Basin in light of ongoing non-compliance issues with exploration for the project. The Australian has today reported that the Queensland Government has...
Read MoreUnited Community Action to Protect the Pilliga from Gasfield Invasion
November 06, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has congratulated the people of north-west NSW who have launched a cultural heritage camp and workshop at Ten Mile Dam in the Pilliga Forest in response to the development of stage one of Santos’s Pilliga gasfield. Last week, a...
Read MoreAlliance slams NSW Minister’s surrender to mining interests
November 04, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed the NSW Minister for Minister for Resources and Energy, Chris Hartcher for pressing ahead with moves to make economic interests the primary consideration for consent authorities dealing with coal mine applications, warning that it will exacerbate conflict...
Read MoreGalilee Basin 'Mega' Mine Approved Despite "Water Trigger" Legislation
November 04, 2013
Lock the Gate Alliance has said they are “bitterly disappointed” by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s decision, released late on Friday, to approve a huge new coal mine in the Galilee Basin despite new laws designed to protect water resources from coal and CSG...
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