Media Releases
Water trigger decision welcome: real test still to come
September 26, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the Federal Environment Minister’s decision to apply the new Commonwealth law protecting water resources from coal mining and coal seam gas to nearly fifty resource projects seeking Government approval, but warns the real test is yet to...
Read MoreNSW Poll - 84% Support CSG Ban on Farmland
September 25, 2013
A poll released by Lock the Gate Alliance today shows that 84% of respondents in NSW support a ban on coal and coal seam gas (CSG) mining on productive agricultural lands and 74% support a ban on fracking. The poll debunks comments made by...
Read MoreCOUNCIL SEEKS INJUNCTION TO PREVENT WHITEHAVEN MINE CONSTRUCTION
September 24, 2013
The Northern Inland Council for the Environment lodged an application for an interlocutory injunction in the Federal Court of Australia late yesterday, in a bid to prevent Whitehaven Coal from clearing important areas for the construction of the Maules Ck coal mine near Narrabri....
Read MoreNEW REPORT: 1,350 BILLION LITRES OF GROUNDWATER — 2 ½ SYDNEY HARBOURS — COULD BE LOST TO QLD MEGA COAL MINES
September 24, 2013
A new report released today, written in consultation with former senior Queensland government officer Tom Crothers, who served as the state’s General Manager of Water Planning and Allocation, raises alarm bells on the potentially devastating cumulative impacts on the region’s groundwater resources from 9...
Read MoreThe CMC rejects complaints on propriety of coal seam gas approvals
September 20, 2013
Once again, the criminal justice system has failed to address the scandalous state of the Queensland environmental regulatory system with regard to mining. Retired Supreme Court judge, Mr Stanley Jones, was appointed by the CMC to investigate the complaints by Drew Hutton from the...
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