Media Releases
Farmers challenge Abbott - Put your money where your mouth is on coal and gas
May 08, 2013
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to deliver 'real action' to protect farmland from mining after he back-flipped last week on statements saying that farmers should have a right to say no. On breakfast radio last week, Abbott...
Read MoreAbbott challenges Newman and O'Farrell on farmers' right to say no to mining
May 02, 2013
Federal Coalition leader Tony Abbott made clear on radio this morning that a federal Coalition government would support a landowner's right to say no to mining on their land. This laid out a very clear challenge for state premiers in Queensland and New South...
Read MoreRio Tinto drags Bulga community into the Supreme Court
April 23, 2013
The Lock The Gate Alliance has slammed mining giant Rio Tinto, after it's Hunter Valley subsidiary Coal and Allied appealed to the Supreme Court to allow the Warkworth Extension coal mine project to go ahead. The project was rejected by the NSW Land and...
Read MoreMining industry smear tactics will not divide alliance of farmers and environmentalists
April 16, 2013
Lock the Gate Alliance is warning the mining industry that its smear tactics will not divide and conquer the indomitable alliance between farmers and environmentalists. "The attitude expressed by the NSW Minerals Council's Stephen Galilee in today's Daily Telegraph is a prime example of what forced...
Read MoreWarkworth judgement shows up flaws in coal mine approvals system
April 15, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed this morning's judgement in the NSW Land & Environment Court, which overturns the approval of Rio Tinto's (Coal & Allied's) proposed Warkworth open cut coal mine expansion near Bulga, in the Hunter Valley. The Warkworth Extension was...
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