Media Releases
Call for Judicial Inquiry into Maules Creek Mine after ICAC hears more details of donations for favors
May 05, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has today called for a full judicial inquiry into the approvals granted for Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine following evidence presented to the ICAC hearings into payments to MPs for favors.
Read MoreRevealed: EPA investigation report shows extent of Pilliga contamination
May 05, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance says an EPA investigation report into the contamination of an aquifer by Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project in the Pilliga forest reveals how little the Government and the company can do to clean up CSG pollution once it occurs. The...
Read MoreAlliance Backs Calls for Public Funding of Elections, Demands Ban on Mining Donations
May 01, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has today backed calls for public funding of election campaigns and an immediate ban on political donations from coal and gas mining companies.
Read MoreRevealed: Upper Hunter mine will run aquifer dry
April 24, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has commissioned new research into the availability of water in the Upper Hunter following revelations today that the Bylong Coal Project will not be able to meet its demand for water from an important alluvial aquifer.
Read MoreIPART will allow gas companies to slug consumers
April 23, 2014
IPART have released a draft report today proposing to allow gas companies to ramp up prices paid by NSW consumers from July. The report admits that prices are being increased because the export of coal seam gas from Queensland has linked domestic gas prices...
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