Media Releases
Lock the Gate welcomes NSW government coal seam gas move but demands wider reforms
February 19, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance today welcomed the O'Farrell government's announcement it would ban coal seam gas mining in residential areas and around industry clusters but warned that this would not go anywhere near calming public concern about the issue. Lock the Gate president Drew Hutton said...
Read MoreNewman government's go-ahead for shale oil risks environmental disasters
February 13, 2013
The decision by the Newman government to lift the moratorium on shale oil is a reckless move that will endanger the Queensland environment.Shale oil is extracted by crushing sedimentary rock, heating it to high temperatures and using various other processing methods to extract the...
Read MoreExpert Water Advice Ignored, Conditions Bungled in Maules Ck Mine Decisions
February 12, 2013
Lock the Gate Alliance has accused the Federal Environment Minister of ignoring expert water advice and bungling the conditions in his haste to approve the Maules Ck and Boggabri open-cut coal mines in north-west NSW yesterday. The advice from the new Independent Expert Scientific...
Read MoreCourt Challenge Looms as Burke Backflips on Big Coal and Gas
February 11, 2013
The Gillard Government has continued its woeful record of capitulation to big coal and gas mining by today approving three highly contentious mining projects - two coal mines near Maules Creek in north-west NSW and a coal seam gas field near Gloucester. The Federal...
Read MoreCSG approvals process worse than Bjelke-Petersen
February 11, 2013
The approvals process for coal seam gas projects by the Queensland Coordinator-General in 2010 possibly breached the Environmental Protection Act and needs to be investigated by the Crime and Misconduct Commission.Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, said Right to Information documents showed State and Commonwealth...
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