Not a single mining or gas project slated for Queensland’s best agricultural land has been refused since planning legislation was changed five years ago, according to new analysis. 

Significant government funding is needed to diversify the Hunter economy as thermal coal mining declines in response to global changes in coming years, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

Northern Territory politicians are being urged to follow the UK’s lead and put the welfare of locals before the profits of the fracking industry. 

LOCK the Gate Alliance has expressed grave concern at company reports showing that an evaporation pond at the Beharra Springs Gas facility, which overlies the Yarragadee Aquifer, has contaminated local groundwater supplies in the Mid-West of WA. 

Orders handed down by the Court of Appeal today rule that the challenge against the Acland Stage 3 coal expansion can not go back to the Queensland Land Court for reconsideration, after a judgement last month ruled against the original Land Court process.