North west NSW landholders say they are more determined than ever to stop gas pipeline company APA Group from carving a path of destruction through their land and the environment.

A senior Traditional Owner from Marlinja community and Native Title holder for the area surrounding Origin Energy’s Beetaloo Exploration Project has told the company it is not welcome on his homelands during its Annual General Meeting.

Lock the Gate Alliance has raised concerns that contradictory Planning Department advice provided to Wollongong Coal suggesting the mining company could remove 10 million litres from the Sydney water drinking catchment without obtaining a water licence may be unlawful.

An award winning grassroots Indian environmentalist who has spent much of his life fighting Wollongong Coal’s majority parent company has been given special permission to speak at next week’s Russell Vale Independent Planning Commission public hearing.

Traditional Owners for the Beetaloo Basin area where Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor is visiting to inspect a gas site today say they strongly oppose fracking on their land and fear it will destroy a sacred site.