Media Releases
Santos blockade over: lock the gate strategy vindicated
November 14, 2011
The blockade of the Santos coal seam gas project at Spring Ridge on the New South Wales Liverpool Plains has been called off. Santos has agreed to suspend drilling activities until the completion of the Namoi Catchment Water Study due March 2012. This study...
Read MoreAustralian 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 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 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 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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