Media Releases
Government warned: Don’t try to divide farmers and environmentalists
April 29, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance has warned the New South Wales Coalition that it risks losing the support of much of the rural vote it received at the last election if it continued to pursue its current policies on miningand coal seam gas. Lock the Gate president Drew...
Read MoreLock the Gate warns CSG committee to back moratorium
April 20, 2012
Lock the Gate Alliance President Drew Hutton has warned Shooters and Fishers Party MP and Coal Seam Gas Inquiry chair Robert Brown that he risks a backlash from the bush if the inquiry report does not recommend a moratorium on coal seam gas exploration...
Read MoreGood science and balanced development must guide new LNP government in Queensland
March 29, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance today congratulated Queensland Premier Campbell Newman whose government yesterday ruled out approving the Acland and Felton coal mines on the state's Darling Downs and called on him to make science and balanced development the key themes of his term...
Read MoreHutton condemns Palmer’s ‘mischievous’ defamation
March 29, 2012
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, responded with disgust to today's news that mining magnate, Clive Palmer, had made his defamatory comments about him to distract the media from negative stories about the LNP. "Clive Palmer has simply made any defamation case against...
Read MoreLabor punished for selling state assets: Newman must learn the lesson
March 25, 2012
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, congratulated Campbell Newman on his election victory last night and welcomed his statement that he would govern for all Queenslanders. Mr Hutton said the LNP should learn from the mistakes of the Bligh government which had been...
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