Media Releases
Anger as Palaszczuk Government quietly approves giant fracking leases in Lake Eyre Basin floodplains
December 17, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance has accused the Queensland Palaszczuk Government of breaking a long standing election promise and conducting sham community consultation after it quietly granted Origin Energy 200,000 hectares of petroleum leases across large areas of Lake Eyre Basin flood plains.
Read MoreCommunities call on banks to cease funding for fossil fuel projects
December 15, 2021
Farmers, Traditional Owners, and community groups will denounce banks’ support of fossil fuel projects that are having a devastating impact on regional Australia as three of the big four financial institutions hold their annual general meetings in the coming days.
Read MoreRelief as Rylstone spared from coal threat
December 07, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed the NSW Government’s decision not to release land in the Rylstone district for new coal exploration.
Read MoreTaylor’s move to waste more public money propping up gas will cost Australians dearly
November 26, 2021
Far too much public money has already been wasted on the polluting unconventional gas industry, and Angus Taylor’s “gas investment framework” announcement today will do nothing to help the Australian economy recover from Covid-19.
Read MoreBusiness as usual on coal and gas leaves Queensland communities vulnerable
November 25, 2021
A new draft 30-year-plan for mining in Queensland will leave communities vulnerable to changing global markets for fossil fuels and at risk of rapid economic shocks because it fails to prepare for overseas customers shifting energy sources.
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