Media Releases
Alarm as fourth dugong death reported in Gladstone
July 25, 2011
With a fourth dugong found dead, washed up on a beach in Gladstone harbour, environmentalists are warning of an ecological disaster in this section of the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area. Four dead dugong, three dolphins and more than 40 turtles have all...
Read MoreNSW govt puts moratorium on fracking: what is the Bligh govt doing?
July 21, 2011
Today's announcement by the NSW government of a moratorium on the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in coal seam gas extraction exposes the charade by the Bligh government that they are pursuing the public interest with their policy on this industry. NSW Resources...
Read MoreTakeover of Eastern Star Gas spells trouble for Santos
July 19, 2011
Santos' dream run in the coal seam gas industry is about to hit a serious road block in its $924 million takeover of Eastern Star Gas. Santos has largely flown under the radar in its large Queensland operation because it has been located in...
Read MoreFirst shots fired in NSW Lock the Gate campaign
July 18, 2011
A meeting of 85 farmers at the little town on Gurley in northern NSW earlier this week saw the beginning of the first direct confrontation between coal seam gas companies and farmers in New South Wales. The company Planet Gas has, in the last...
Read MoreClaytons moratorium means nothing as Planet Gas serves notice on Bellata farmers
July 10, 2011
On Friday farmers in the Bellata area, near Moree in north-west NSW, received a letter in the mail from coal seam gas companies Leichardt Resources and Planet Gas, formally serving notice that they would be seeking an access agreement to drill for coal seam...
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