Media Releases
Australian gas prices to double because of industry's plans for export
November 13, 2011
In a recent ABC interview AGL boss Michael Fraser lifted the lid on future pricing for coal seam gas in the domestic market. In a case of shameless scaremongering Mr Fraser told ABC Inside Business host Alan Kohler that New South Wales might soon run out...
Read MoreUpdate: Protester arrested for stopping dredge in Gladstone harbour
November 09, 2011
Protesters halted dredging in Gladstone harbour for 2 hours today, when Friends of the Earth campaigner Derec Davies hung a banner and locked himself to a Gladstone port corporation dredge. The protest was supported by a small group of local fishing boats and one...
Read MoreNSW Labor supports a moratorium on coal seam gas: What about the Qld ALP?
November 09, 2011
The New South Wales Labor Party is now supporting a moratorium on all Coal Seam Gas exploration licenses, the issuing of coal seam gas extraction licenses and applications to expand existing operations The leader of the NSW Labor Opposition, John Robertson stated that, until...
Read MoreEnvironmentalists call for dredging halt, independent testing in Gladstone harbour
November 07, 2011
The causes of the apparent ecosystem collapse in Gladstone harbour can only be satisfactorily addressed by a halt to the dredging of the harbour and a genuinely independent testing regime. Gladstone harbour borders the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage area and Curtis Island, on...
Read MoreNationals statement on coal seam gas fails the credibility test
November 07, 2011
Yesterday's framework statement on coal seam gas by the federal Nationals leader Warren Truss simply continues the party's practice of telling farmers they sympathise with their plight and they will be looked after but does little to address the real problems of the too-rapid...
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