Media Releases
Federal Government attempts to spin its way past Gladstone harbour debacle
October 26, 2011
Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, has put his name to possibly the most blatant piece of hypocrisy in the country by writing an introduction to an lift-out into Gladstone's local newspaper. The lift-out is entitled "Reef Guardians" and Mr Burke talks about all the...
Read MoreStrategic Cropping Land legislation won’t stop coal mines
October 26, 2011
The Lock the Gate Alliance says the ultimate worth of the worth of the Bligh government's strategic cropping land legislation being introduced into the parliament today will be measured by how many coal mines it stops from alienating good farm land. President of the...
Read MoreGas power stations will do little to reduce state’s greenhouse gas emissions
October 26, 2011
Today's decision by TRUenergy to invest in the building of two gas-fired power stations in Queensland will do very little to reduce Queensland's soaring greenhouse gas emissions. Lock the Gate Alliance president Drew Hutton said the evidence was mounting that coal seam gas has...
Read MoreMurray Darling Basin Authority to open floodgates for mining
October 19, 2011
The Lock The Gate Alliance claims that the Murray Darling Basin will be another casualty as Precautionary Principle is thrown to the wind in the resources boom. Lock the Gate President, Drew Hutton says pressure from States addicted to mining royalties is most likely...
Read MoreCoal seam gas is very similar to shale gas – despite industry claims
September 21, 2011
The president of the Lock the Gate Alliance, Drew Hutton, today apologised for accidentally using the wrong terminology in the Alliance's submissions to the NSW upper house inquiry and the federal Senate inquiry into coal seam gas but re-affirmed his belief that the coal...
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