Media Releases
New Studies on Health Impacts of Air Pollution Must Trigger Action on Coal Dust
July 11, 2013
Lock The Gate Alliance has called on the Federal Health Minister to urgently strengthen standards on air pollution from coal mining, after new European studies which show airborne dust particles are linked to increases in lung cancer and heart failure. The first study found...
Read MoreIndustry Scare Campaign on Gas Prices A Lot of Hot Air
July 05, 2013
Lock The Gate Alliance has labelled the coal seam gas (CSG) industry as dishonest and untrustworthy after the release of a new report which shows that the CSG export industry will cause wholesale gas prices in Australia to triple. In February, the CSG industry...
Read MoreNorth West Communities Want Santos to Leave the Region Completely
June 28, 2013
North West NSW community members are calling on oil and gas giant Santos to leave the North West altogether in the wake of the announcement this morning that Santos are trimming the area of current coal seam gas exploration to sites in the Pilliga...
Read MoreLandowners Sit-In at Federal Parliament: Call for 'A Fair Go' Against Mining Giants
June 20, 2013
Updates: 2pm: the 120 protectors of land, water and rights have left Parliament house, having shared their message with Federal parliament, blockading the front entrance for 3 hours. Greens Senators Christine Milne and Larissa Waters address the group. 1pm: Hon. Tony Windsor MP and Hon Bob...
Read MoreNew Poll - Overwhelming Community Support for Farmers' Right to Say 'No' to Mining
June 18, 2013
New polling results show that people throughout NSW overwhelmingly support the rights of farmers and landholders to veto mining on their land, strengthening the case for that right to be protected in law, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance. The poll was commissioned...
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