Media Releases
NSW 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...
Read MoreMajor 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...
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