Media Releases
Queensland farmers storm out of gas meeting after their concerns are ignored
May 05, 2022
Furious Western Downs farmers have staged a walkout during a Queensland Gasfields Commission information session in Dalby after their concerns weren’t addressed, and are now calling for an immediate halt to the expansion of the coal seam gas industry.
Read MorePerrottet Government sacrifices some, saves others from coal
May 04, 2022
The NSW Perrottet Government’s hodge podge coal policy is sacrificing some communities to the ravages of coal mining while protecting others, it has been revealed in State Parliament today.
Read MorePolitical stitch up over Dendrobium abandons community, climate, and water, favours coal mining company
May 04, 2022
Illawarra residents opposed to coal mining beneath the drinking water catchment and their supporters have labelled the revised Dendrobium coal mine expansion a “political stitch up” after the Independent Planning Commission’s earlier rejection of the project was overruled.
Read MorePerrottet Government’s coal seam gas disparity fails to protect farmland
April 29, 2022
The NSW Perrottet Government’s cancellation of some coal seam gas petroleum exploration licences but the renewal of others has angered impacted farmers on the Liverpool Plains.
Read MoreA plan for a plan: QLD Government fails to find solution for millions of tonnes of coal seam gas waste
April 26, 2022
A new draft plan (available here) reveals the Queensland Government still has no idea how to manage the many millions of tonnes of salt waste produced as a byproduct of polluting coal seam gas, more than a decade after the green light was given to the...
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