Media Releases
Health crisis deepens on Western Downs
July 05, 2012
Residents of the Tara residential estate this morning blockaded the headquarters of coal seam gas company QGC in protest at the increasing numbers of local residents reporting sick and pointing the finger of blame at emissions from nearby gas fields. Traffic to and from...
Read MoreNewman government must act on Western Downs health crisis
July 04, 2012
Residents on the western Darling Downs last night were lodging bitter complaints with the Queensland Environment Department after a temperature inversion on the Downs brought gas from local coal seam gas operations into their community, making people ill. Residents of the Tara residential estate...
Read MorePublic health emergency on the Western Darling Downs
July 03, 2012
A major health emergency has developed on Queensland's western Darling Downs with residents in the Tara-Chinchilla area forming a Gasfield Community Support Group to lobby the State Government for more concerted action to address the problems being created for them by having to live...
Read MoreLock the Gate calls on O’Farrell government to rule out Anderson as Land and Water Commissioner
July 03, 2012
Lock the Gate President Drew Hutton has called on the NSW Government to rule out former federal Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson from filling the recently announced NSW Land and Water Commissioner role. Rumours have been circulating over the last few...
Read MoreToo little, too late – Coal Seam Gas activities in NSW should cease until comprehensive, inclusive policies are in place
June 23, 2012
Statements today by Andrew Stoner make it obvious that current regulations of the coal seam gas industry are severely lacking, and that given the damage that is being done to communities, to family to our land, our water and our ecosystems, the NSW Government...
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