Media Releases
Major parties need to show common sense in coal and coal seam gas debate
June 18, 2011
The Lock the Gate Alliance has unveiled its program to resolve the conflict in Queensland over the social and environmental impacts of coal and coal seam gas mining and called on Labor and the LNP to adopt policies to address these. Lock the Gate...
Read MoreStrategic Cropping Land is smoke and mirrors
May 31, 2011
Today's announcement of the state government's strategic cropping land legislation has no good news for most farmers. The legislation has all the weaknesses of previous discussion papers. These include: failure to include coal seam gas a an activity prohibited on cropping land criteria like...
Read MoreMajor gas blow-out at Dalby
May 23, 2011
There has been a major gas blowout at Arrow Energy's Daandine field 25 kilometres west of Dalby, The incident occurred yesterday at about 9 a.m. but was not reported to the landowner until 2 p.m. The gas and water spewed 100 metres into the...
Read MoreThousands 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...
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