Media Releases
Lock the Gate Secretary Joins Hunger Strike
September 02, 2013
Lock the Gate secretary, Sarah Moles, has joined a Brisbane hunger strike to protest Aurizon's role in exporting coal from proposed mega-mines in the Galilee basin. Aurizon (formerly QR National) intends to bail out India's debt-ridden GVK, allowing development of the first of 3...
Read MoreLTG responds to 'Galilee exports delayed until 2017'
August 31, 2013
Lock the Gate has responded to the Australian's article 'Galilee exports delayed until 2017' saying: I'd like to point out that there are also a number of other people objecting to the Alpha mine in the Galilee Basin. Most of these are local landholders...
Read MoreCommunity alliance formed to tackle coal dust pollution
August 27, 2013
A new alliance of community groups today announced plans tackle the issue of particulate pollution along the West Moreton coal train line. Clean Air Queensland, a community alliance of groups and individuals including the Lock the Gate Alliance, Friends of the Earth, Rosewood District...
Read MoreCamberwell choking as Hunter air pollution notches century
August 27, 2013
The NSW Government's air quality monitoring network in the Hunter Valley has issued its 100th air pollution alert for the year, just a few days before the beginning of a court case against a major new mine proposal that would increase harmful pollution events...
Read MoreState Government failing to protect communities from coal dust
August 23, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance and the Oakey Coal Action Alliance have today welcomed the report of the Senate inquiry into the Impacts on health of air quality in Australia, calling on the Queensland Government to immediately implement the recommendations to protect community health....
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