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More quality QLD agricultural land under threat despite government assurances

April 04, 2014

Image: Theresa Creek    The Queensland Government’s promise to protect food-producing and farming land from mines  is being put to the test by several current coal proposals according to the Lock the Gate Alliance. More than 5,000ha of agricultural land is under threat of being...

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Senate submission lifts the lid on systematic failings of offset processes for coal and gas projects

April 04, 2014

Critically endangered ecological communities, World Heritage areas and Australia’s international obligations are being put at risk by the Department of Environment’s failure to properly assess, monitor and implement environmental offsets in the coal and gas industry, Lock the Gate warned today.

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Rail line concession doesn't go far enough

April 03, 2014

The Lock the Gate Alliance welcomes the announcement by Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney yesterday that important horticultural areas will be excised from the Galilee Basin State Development Area (SDA), but says that the rest of the SDA is equally poorly planned and will cost...

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