Media Releases
100 protestors stop work on controversial coal mine
December 16, 2013
Over one hundred people have blockaded three entrances to the site of Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek coal project, near Boggabri in north west NSW today, stopping preparatory work to clear the forest. Four protest sites have been established, including one that is stopping...
Read MoreRio Tinto caught forging social licence
December 13, 2013
Global mining giant Rio Tinto has been caught forging a social licence to expand its mining operations, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance. Workers at Rio's Mt Thorley Warkworth mine complex say they were effectively forced to lodge submissions in support of the...
Read MoreMinister Hazzard must suspend Warkworth coal mine application
December 13, 2013
Lock The Gate Alliance and the Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association have written to the NSW Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, urging him to suspend the approval process for a proposed new expansion of the controversial Warkworth coal mine in the Hunter Valley, due to evidence...
Read MoreOpinion - What can happen when you put your water supply in the hands of a mining company?
December 11, 2013
Those of you on Facebook might like to have a read of some of the personal stories from people in Dysart who are dealing with a shut-off of their water supply today on the group “Water - Dysart, Queensland. A place for people to...
Read MoreAbbott Government Dumps on Farmers
December 10, 2013
Coal port and gas plant approvals add insult to injury for landholders The Lock the Gate Alliance today slammed the Federal Government approval of an additional coal terminal, and capital dredging program at Abbot Point coal terminal and an additional LNG plant and pipeline...
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