Media Releases
Lock the Gate takes its campaign to Canberra and electorate offices around the country
March 07, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance launched its federal election campaign today by taking demands for national law reform on coal and gas mining to federal parliamentarians across Australia. The 'Call to Country' incorporates a passionate plea for protecting Australians and the environment from the...
Read MoreO'Farrell should block four ICAC mines
February 21, 2013
The Lock The Gate Alliance has welcomed moves by NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell to review the Mt Penny open cut coal mine proposal, and called on him to block it and the other three coal mine projects shrouded by corruption. Premier Barry O'Farrell announced...
Read MoreCentral Queensland Landholders Object to New Mine
February 19, 2013
Central Queensland landholders will this week lodge objections to the Alpha mine, the first of a string of nine 'mega mines' proposed for the Galilee Basin in Western Central Queensland. Ellie Smith, spokesperson for Lock the Gate Alliance, said a number of landholders had indicated...
Read MoreNothern NSW National Party Representatives Still Missing in Action on Coal Seam Gas
February 19, 2013
According to Lock the Gate Northern Rivers, the new CSG exclusion zones announced today by Premier O’Farrell completely ignore the needs and concerns of rural residents and established industries in the Northern Rivers. In his press release on the changed rules Barry O’Farrell...
Read MoreNothing for the North-West in CSG Law Changes
February 19, 2013
Residents of north-west NSW have expressed dismay that the CSG law changes put forward by Premier Barry O'Farrell this morning seem to do nothing to protect farmers, food-producing land or natural areas in the region. "If Barry O'Farrell is telling us this morning that...
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