Media Releases
Drayton South mine a test of priorities
August 21, 2014
The Planning and Assessment Commission will hear today that its decision on the Drayton South mine is a test of New South Wales' priorities, as conflict over incompatible land and water uses in the Hunter puts the spotlight on a planning system that has...
Read MoreQueensland Sadie Ladies create a political storm at Toowoomba hearings
August 19, 2014
The Queensland Sadie Ladies turned their attention on Toowoomba today to highlight the need to keep our water catchments clean, our food lands mining-free and our lifestyles intact. The intrepid ‘political cleaners’ targeted the State Government hearings examining LNP proposed legislation that takes away...
Read MoreCSG water monitoring welcome, but big picture policy still eludes NSW Government
August 19, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the announcement of a new groundwater research program in parts of the state targeted by coal seam gas miners, but says the missing part of the government’s approach is clear exclusion zones that protect productive groundwater sources...
Read MoreGasfield Free Community movement spreads to Western Australia
August 17, 2014
Central Greenough will today become the first community in WA to declare itself Gasfield Free in a clear statement to mining companies that fracking and other forms of unconventional gas extraction are not welcome in the area.
Read MoreGloucester residents and supporters stop work on controversial AGL fracking project
August 16, 2014
Thirty residents of the Gloucester Valley and their supporters have set up a peaceful blockade this morning at the site of AGL's planned coal seam gas fracking project, risking arrest to stop preliminary earthworks on the site.
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