Media Releases

Regional NSW residents call on Minister Houssos to strengthen coal transition bill

February 03, 2026

Residents from NSW’s major coal-producing regions have called on NSW Minister for Natural Resources Courtney Houssos for stronger support, ahead of parliamentary debate on the government’s Future Jobs and Investment Bill 2025.

Yancoal derails community hearing with last-minute greenwashing of koala-crunching coal mine

January 27, 2026

Coal mining giant Yancoal has disrupted a community consultation process with a last-minute attempt to greenwash its proposal for the koala-crunching Moolarben coal mine expansion near Mudgee.

Mines dump billions of litres of wastewater into Great Barrier Reef catchment

January 23, 2026

As disastrous floods hit central Queensland, 23 coal mines dumped an estimated 82 billion litres of wastewater – equivalent to 32,812 Olympic swimming pools – into the Fitzroy Basin in just 10 days.

WA environmental groups slam terrible EPA Kimberley fracking decision

January 20, 2026

Community groups are stunned and outraged, vowing to ramp up pressure on the Cook Government after Western Australia’s EPA recommended the first fracking project in the state since Labor lifted the moratorium in 2019 be approved.

Queensland cattle farmer stranded on property after road destroyed by coal mine blast

January 20, 2026

Much of central Queensland may be under floodwater but cattle farmer Patricia Goodwin feels like she has been left high and dry by Bowen Coking Coal.