Media Releases

Coal seam gas approvals reveal flawed system in Queensland

April 02, 2013

Last night's 4 Corners Program "Gas Leak" revealed not only a hasty and incompetent process in the approval of thousands of coal seam gas wells in Queensland in 2010 but also a potentially illegal one. The key breach occurred with the failure by coal...

QLD Government backflips on protecting communities from coal

March 27, 2013

Lock the Gate today slammed the Queensland government’s support of the proposed expansion of the Acland coal mine. “This move is a slap in the face for rural communities living near mine who were promised before the last election that there would be no...

New CSG rules - Dart, AGL should stop wasting money

March 21, 2013

Lock The Gate have called on gas companies to stop exploring for gas in the Hunter vineyards, and at Fullerton Cove, following the release today of draft new coal seam gas (CSG) exclusion zones in NSW.The eagerly awaited draft regulations from the NSW Government...

Health risks for communities living near CSG activities

March 21, 2013

The National Toxics Network (NTN) and the Lock the Gate Alliance are calling on federal and state governments to take urgent action to protect the health of all communities living around coal seam gas (CSG) fields after the release of the Queensland Government’s report...

Lock the Gate Alliance calls for urgent changes to close loopholes in Federal Govt Water Bill

March 15, 2013

The Bill to amend the Federal Government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, proposed by the Gillard government to assess the water impacts of coal and coal seam gas projects, will be little more than a toothless tiger unless a number of urgent amendments are...