Media Releases
ABC congratulated on coal seam gas site
November 24, 2011
The Lock the Gate Alliance today praised the ABC for the quality of its information on coal seam gas presented on its web site (www.abc.net.au/coalseamgas) Lock the Gate president Drew Hutton said the ABC deserved the highest praise for cutting through much of the...
Read MoreSantos blockade over: lock the gate strategy vindicated
November 14, 2011
The blockade of the Santos coal seam gas project at Spring Ridge on the New South Wales Liverpool Plains has been called off. Santos has agreed to suspend drilling activities until the completion of the Namoi Catchment Water Study due March 2012. This study...
Read MoreAustralian gas prices to double because of industry's plans for export
November 13, 2011
In a recent ABC interview AGL boss Michael Fraser lifted the lid on future pricing for coal seam gas in the domestic market. In a case of shameless scaremongering Mr Fraser told ABC Inside Business host Alan Kohler that New South Wales might soon run out...
Read MoreNSW Labor supports a moratorium on coal seam gas: What about the Qld ALP?
November 09, 2011
The New South Wales Labor Party is now supporting a moratorium on all Coal Seam Gas exploration licenses, the issuing of coal seam gas extraction licenses and applications to expand existing operations The leader of the NSW Labor Opposition, John Robertson stated that, until...
Read MoreUpdate: Protester arrested for stopping dredge in Gladstone harbour
November 09, 2011
Protesters halted dredging in Gladstone harbour for 2 hours today, when Friends of the Earth campaigner Derec Davies hung a banner and locked himself to a Gladstone port corporation dredge. The protest was supported by a small group of local fishing boats and one...
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