Media Releases
Lee Kernaghan to open and close Food Security Forum
March 07, 2012
Australian country music singer and songwriter and 2008 Australian of the Year, Lee Kernaghan will open and close next Monday's Food Security Forum at the Brisbane Convention. Mr Kernaghan, who feels passionately about the destruction being caused to the Australian bush by coal and...
Read MoreFight goes on as Government fails on coal and gas promises
March 06, 2012
Lock the Gate Alliance has described the Strategic Regional Land Use Plans and Aquifer Interference Policy released today by the NSW Government as just more broken promises and said the fight will continue to prevent coal and gas mining from wrecking NSW. "The NSW...
Read MoreBligh government’s ‘green corridor’ plan mostly a sham: Lock the Gate
March 01, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance believes the only new and substantial environmental protections emerging from yesterday's 'green corridor' announcement by Premier, Anna Bligh, is for the far western rivers. Everything else would seem to be recycling old projects and staying well clear of any...
Read MoreLock the Gate calls for action against coal seam gas polluter
February 23, 2012
The Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the New South Wales government to take action against the directors of the coal seam gas company, Eastern Star Gas, in the aftermath of a report by its new owner, Santos. Lock the Gate Alliance president,...
Read MoreLock the Gate to shut down Acland coal dump
February 19, 2012
The Lock the Gate movement will be shutting down the coal loading facility of New Hope Coal's Acland mine tomorrow (Monday 20 February). The Lock the Gate Alliance is planning to march on the Acland mine coal dump situated at the edge of the...
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