Media Releases
Maules Creek Coal Mine: Police Roadblocks stop parishioners going to church on Good Friday
April 18, 2014
Maules Creek residents have been stopped from attending Good Friday Church services due to NSW Police road blocks near Boggabri in the north of the state. Long term Maules Creek resident and Boggabri Parishioner, Wilma Laird, was told to go home or make the...
Read MoreLock the Gate calls on new NSW Premier to clean out the lobbyists
April 17, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has congratulated Mike Baird on becoming Premier of NSW, and called on him to immediately act on outstanding recommendations from the ICAC to clean up the systemic and corrupting influence of corporate lobbyists on policy.
Read MoreVandals? Miners need to look closer to home
April 17, 2014
By Phil Laird NSW Minerals Council head Stephen Galilee (The Australian, April 14, page 21) is right in calling for economic vandals to be jailed. The heads of some of the coal mining companies he represents could do with some time to reflect on...
Read MoreO'Farrell resignation must trigger strict rules on corporate lobbyists
April 16, 2014
Lock the Gate Alliance has called for strict new rules on the interactions between corporate lobbyists and politicians after NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell, was forced to resign following evidence of his relationship with lobbyist Nick Di Girolamo being exposed by a corruption inquiry.
Read MoreLNP’S Friday 5pm media release designed to avoid scrutiny
April 13, 2014
The Queensland Government’s last minute announcement about serious environmental charges was designed to avoid media scrutiny, says the Lock the Gate Alliance. The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has charged Linc Energy Limited with allegedly breaching environmental laws, “causing serious environmental harm” on the Darling...
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