Media Releases
Thousands rally in Murwillumbah
May 15, 2011
3,000 people marched through the streets at Murwillumbah in northern New South Wales on Saturday 14 May calling for the gate to be locked on the coal and coal seam gas industries right around the country.
Read MoreTime for Australian governments to ban fracking
May 11, 2011
The Lock the Gate Alliance has renewed calls to ban hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') in the coal seam gas industry in the light of a recent study in the US into the quality of drinking water that is in close proximity to gas wells. The...
Read MoreCall to ‘lock the gate’ on coal and coal seam gas in Gloucester
May 09, 2011
The Acting President of the national Lock the Gate Alliance Drew Hutton has given warning that the direct action seen in Queensland in recent weeks against the coal seam gas industry will be used in New South Wales if the O'Farrell Government maintains its...
Read MoreBlockaders claim victory at Tara: QGC in breach of environmental authority
April 03, 2011
The blockaders at the Tara residential estate claimed a victory today in their campaign to stop QGC (British Gas) from building a pipeline on to their estate. The police have packed up and left, telling the protest group this was a "civil matter now"....
Read MoreDrew Hutton arrested at Coal Seam Gas Pipeline Blockade
March 29, 2011
Drew Hutton, spokesperson for Friends of the Earth and leading campaigner for the national Lock the Gate campaign, was arrested this afternoon. In a heavy-handed police action, forty police moved on to private property to shut down the blockade camp on a landholder's property. ...
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