Media Releases
Farmers in disbelief as KEPCO tries to renew coal lease at site of twice rejected Bylong mine
February 18, 2025
Farmers have denounced KEPCO’s attempt to renew its Bylong coal mine exploration licence, more than five years after the multinational’s plans to build a new mine were first rejected following a hard fought community campaign.
Read MoreTerritory community concerns ignored as CLP Government presses ahead with massive power grab
February 12, 2025
The CLP Government has refused to listen to serious concerns raised by the Territory community and experts and has pressed ahead with damaging legislation to hand unprecedented power to the Territory Coordinator to override existing laws and fastrack development.
Read MoreNew thermal drone footage reveals breeding koalas, greater gliders in path of Central QLD coal mine
February 10, 2025
The Olive Downs Coal Mine’s environmental approvals should be reassessed after new footage was obtained showing now-endangered koalas - including a mother and joey - and greater gliders in the path of the expanding project, says community group Lock the Gate Alliance.
Read MoreGas and dash fear: WA taxpayers could be forced to foot the bill for another Kimberley clean-up
February 10, 2025
A petroleum company’s attempts to offload stricken oil and gas infrastructure on an environmentally sensitive peninsula within the National Heritage-listed King Sound for a fraction of the value it was estimated to be worth should ring alarm bells for the WA Cook Government.
Read MoreNew legal advice shows no compensation need be paid to frackers should Cook Government extend ban across Kimberley
February 03, 2025
Independent legal advice (available here) states there would be no obligation for the Western Australian Government to compensate any company that possesses a petroleum tenement, should the ban on fracking be expanded to the Kimberley.
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