Media Releases
Complaint lodged against phoney Coal Seam Gas advertising campaign
September 16, 2011
Arguments that coal seam gas mining can't co-exist with agriculture and that it represents a grave threat to the future of rural Australia are at the heart of a complaint lodged today by Lock The Gate. The Alliance has lodged a complaint with the...
Read MoreLock the Gate president warns against CSG regulator confusing industry enforcement with facilitation
September 15, 2011
The main organisation campaigning for protection of rural Queensland from the potential impacts of coal seam gas mining has warned the Queensland government its unit enforcing regulation of the newly-emerging coal seam gas industry risks confusing its enforcement role with an industry facilitation one....
Read MoreState government water bill undermines regulation of coal seam gas
September 06, 2011
The lock the Gate Alliance believes the seemingly innocuous amendments to the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008, currently being introduced into the state parliament are designed to further entrench the ineffective and inadequate policyframework the government is building around the CSG industry. President of...
Read MoreLock the Gate President comes to the Hunter
September 05, 2011
Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, will be visiting communities in the Hunter region during this week and will be participating in a media conference with local community representatives to discuss directions for dealing with unwanted coal and coal seam gas projects. The...
Read MoreRural Queenslanders are ‘collateral damage’: QGC
September 04, 2011
The vice-president of one of Australia's biggest coal seam gas companies has reportedly told a resident of a rural residential estate being targeted for gas wells by his company that his community would be 'collateral damage.' Brett Smith, senior vice-president in the BG Group...
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