Media Releases
North West Communities Want Santos to Leave the Region Completely
June 28, 2013
North West NSW community members are calling on oil and gas giant Santos to leave the North West altogether in the wake of the announcement this morning that Santos are trimming the area of current coal seam gas exploration to sites in the Pilliga...
Read MoreLandowners Sit-In at Federal Parliament: Call for 'A Fair Go' Against Mining Giants
June 20, 2013
Updates: 2pm: the 120 protectors of land, water and rights have left Parliament house, having shared their message with Federal parliament, blockading the front entrance for 3 hours. Greens Senators Christine Milne and Larissa Waters address the group. 1pm: Hon. Tony Windsor MP and Hon Bob...
Read MoreNew Poll - Overwhelming Community Support for Farmers' Right to Say 'No' to Mining
June 18, 2013
New polling results show that people throughout NSW overwhelmingly support the rights of farmers and landholders to veto mining on their land, strengthening the case for that right to be protected in law, according to the Lock The Gate Alliance. The poll was commissioned...
Read MoreGovernment Should Side with the Community, not Rio Tinto: Alliance
June 17, 2013
The Hunter and Central Rivers Alliance has called on the NSW Government to accept the decision by the Land and Environment Court to overturn project approval for the Warkworth Coal Extension Project. Bev Smiles from the Hunter Community Network said, "the Government should get...
Read MoreStop the North West coal seam gas pollution: pause the industry, say locals
June 13, 2013
The North West Alliance made up of 30 groups across the New England North West would like Minister Hartcher to STOP approving Santos coal seam gas wells and infrastructure until the current prosecution has been finalised.
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