Media Releases

No-go zones can protect the community from coal and gas impacts

April 11, 2013

Lock the Gate President Drew Hutton has warned the NSW Government that without expanded no-go zones the community opposition to coal and coal seam gas expansion will only grow. Submissions close tomorrow for the NSW Government’s proposed 2km residential exclusion zone for coal seam...

Lock the Gate Questions Galilee Coal Project SEIS

April 11, 2013

Lock the Gate Alliance has today derided Waratah Coal and Queensland Deputy Premier Jeff Seeney for misleading landholders regarding the rail corridor from the Galilee Basin coal mines. "In June 2012, Jeff Seeney promised the people of Central Queensland that he would approve no...

T4 shelved: welcome news for rural communities

April 10, 2013

Rural community groups along the Hunter coal chain have welcomed today's news that the controversial T4 coal terminal project in Newcastle has been shelved for at least two years, perhaps permanently. "The T4 coal terminal project has been a profound threat to our entire region,"...

CSG in retreat – Dart Energy leaves the Hunter

April 02, 2013

The Lock The Gate Alliance has welcomed today's news that coal seam gas (CSG) driller Dart Energy are suspending their operations in NSW. Dart released a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange this morning, blaming 'uncertainty created by recent NSW and Federal Government decisions' for...

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...