Media Releases
Coonamble Declaration adds 1 million ha to Gasfield Free Community tally
March 21, 2014
Hundreds of people are expected to take to the streets of Coonamble tomorrow, World Water Day, March 22, to celebrate the declaration of more than one million hectares of the region being declared Gasfield Free. Coonamble is the latest in more than 200 communities,...
Read MoreRio Tinto's new Warkworth mine application shows the system is broken
March 20, 2014
News that Rio Tinto will resubmit its application for a major expansion of the Warkworth open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley shows that the NSW mining assessment system is broken and failing communities, according to the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association and the...
Read MoreJeff 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).
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