Media Releases
Proposed CSG laws must be released immediately for community to assess
November 20, 2013
Lock the Gate Alliance has called for proposed changes to coal seam gas laws foreshadowed in NSW Parliament last night to be released immediately on public exhibition. In Parliament last night, Minister Duncan Gay revealed that changes have been proposed to the contentious Petroleum...
Read MoreNorth West NSW Celebrates Gasfield Free Communities
November 18, 2013
The North West of NSW celebrates as Burren Junction, Cryon and Merah North declare themselves Gasfield Free Communities. The Junction City Hotel was the venue for last Friday evening’s Community Celebration proudly attended by a large number of local landowners and residents. People from...
Read MoreConfirmed: False information used in Whitehaven mine approval
November 13, 2013
Two new independent expert ecologists have confirmed that Whitehaven Coal provided false and misleading information to State and Federal Governments in order to get approval for its controversial Maules Ck coal mine, near Narrabri. The Maules Creek Community Council is calling for Environment Minister...
Read MoreNSW Planning Bill Breaks Promises, Encourages Mining Corruption
November 12, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance says the controversial new Planning Bill being rushed through parliament by the Government this week breaches promises made before the election and will make corruption more likely, not less. The Alliance has called for a radical overhaul of the...
Read MoreAlliance Slams Extraordinary Land and Water Grab
November 07, 2013
The Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed the Queensland Government’s extraordinary admission that it will take people’s land, give away coal and override due process to induce coal companies to build the biggest coal mines in the country in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Lock the...
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