Media Releases
Jeff Seeney tries to hoodwink Queenslanders over ‘tough stance on miners’
March 18, 2014
Queensland Deputy Premier, Jeff Seeney is trying to hoodwink Queenslanders into believing he is standing up to the mining industry to protect landholders, says the Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreSeaspray locals ready to lock their community to Lakes Oil drilling
March 17, 2014
As mining company Lakes Oil waits for an operations plan approval to conduct risky horizontal drilling in the Seaspray community, residents have begun to take matters into their own hands.
Read MoreClive Palmer must be made to clean up Waratah Coal’s damage
March 13, 2014
The Queensland government must stand up to billionaire miner, Clive Palmer who tomorrow will try to “weasel his way out” of his corporate and environmental responsibilities, says the Lock the Gate Alliance (LTG).
Read MoreAsbestos Contamination - CSG companies ignore health and safety of workers
March 13, 2014
The National President of the Lock the Gate Alliance, Drew Hutton has slammed the coal seam gas companies for lack of accountability and recklessness with today's announcement that asbestos has been found in its drilling fluids.
Read MoreFarmers Protest National Party MPs, Demand Action After CSG Water Contamination
March 13, 2014
Protests are being held today outside the offices of National Party MPs for Tamworth, Dubbo, Grafton and Lismore as locals from across northern NSW call for action to protect water supplies and farmland from CSG mining following groundwater contamination in the Pilliga.
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