Media Releases
Central Queensland Landholders Object to New Mine
February 19, 2013
Central Queensland landholders will this week lodge objections to the Alpha mine, the first of a string of nine 'mega mines' proposed for the Galilee Basin in Western Central Queensland. Ellie Smith, spokesperson for Lock the Gate Alliance, said a number of landholders had indicated...
Read MoreNothern NSW National Party Representatives Still Missing in Action on Coal Seam Gas
February 19, 2013
According to Lock the Gate Northern Rivers, the new CSG exclusion zones announced today by Premier O’Farrell completely ignore the needs and concerns of rural residents and established industries in the Northern Rivers. In his press release on the changed rules Barry O’Farrell...
Read MoreNothing for the North-West in CSG Law Changes
February 19, 2013
Residents of north-west NSW have expressed dismay that the CSG law changes put forward by Premier Barry O'Farrell this morning seem to do nothing to protect farmers, food-producing land or natural areas in the region. "If Barry O'Farrell is telling us this morning that...
Read MoreDrew Hutton to take complaint on CSG approvals to CMC today
February 19, 2013
Lock the Gate Alliance president Drew Hutton will be taking a complaint to the Crime and Misconduct Commission today at 10 am. He will be supplying evidence to the CMC about the approvals process for the GLNG (Santos) and GCLNG (QGC) projects which were given the go-ahead...
Read MoreLock 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...
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