Media Releases
Cautious Welcome for Further Baby Steps on Coal Seam Gas
March 28, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance has cautiously welcomed commitments by gas miners Santos Ltd and AGL to accept the right of landholders to prevent them accessing their land for gas development, but warns that resolving rural conflict over invasive gasfields and coal mining requires...
Read MoreLNP plan threatens communities while supporting mining companies
March 27, 2014
A proposal by the Queensland Government threatens community rights to object to mining leases and risks vast swathes of land and water, says the Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreRiverina CSG reprieve welcomed: further action needed
March 26, 2014
Lock the Gate Alliance has this morning welcomed news that applications by Grainger Energy to explore for coal seam gas in the Riverina region near Hay, Deniliquin and Narrandera have been rejected by the State Government, and called for all other pending applications to...
Read MoreFarmers to foot the bill for mining contaminants?
March 25, 2014
The Lock the Gate Alliance is calling for an inquiry to determine whether farmers are liable if their cattle are affected by water or food contaminated by coal seam gas. Lock the Gate’s National Coordinator, Phil Laird said a media report yesterday raised serious...
Read More500 People March in Coonamble to Declare District Gasfield Free
March 22, 2014
500 people have taken to the streets of Coonamble in north-west NSW today, World Water Day, to celebrate the declaration of more than one million hectares of the region as a 'Gasfield Free' district. Coonamble is the latest in more than 200 communities, to...
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