Media Releases

Farmers 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...

500 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...

Coonamble Declaration adds 1 million ha to Gasfield Free Community tally

March 21, 2014

Hundreds of people are expected to take to the streets of Coonamble tomorrow, World Water Day, March 22, to celebrate the declaration of more than one million hectares of the region being declared Gasfield Free. Coonamble is the latest in more than 200 communities,...

Rio Tinto's new Warkworth mine application shows the system is broken

March 20, 2014

News that Rio Tinto will resubmit its application for a major expansion of the Warkworth open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley shows that the NSW mining assessment system is broken and failing communities, according to the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association and the...

Jeff Seeney tries to hoodwink Queenslanders over ‘tough stance on miners’

March 18, 2014

Queensland Deputy Premier, Jeff Seeney is trying to hoodwink Queenslanders into believing he is standing up to the mining industry to protect landholders, says the Lock the Gate Alliance.