Media Releases

Fracking failure: NT Government misses own deadline to implement Pepper Inquiry recommendations

January 23, 2023

The inability for the NT Fyles Government to implement Pepper Inquiry recommendations by its self-imposed deadline more than four years after they were handed down show they can’t be done and fracking cannot proceed safely, say Territory community groups.

Central QLD flood exposes flaws with coal mine water release laws

January 18, 2023

Central Queensland coal mines are releasing billions of litres of polluted water many times saltier than the receiving rivers in the catchment of the Great Barrier Reef, prompting concerns about the ecological health of impacted waterways.

Kean’s gas pipeline approval will damage climate, culture, koalas, communities

January 17, 2023

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has trashed his government’s vaunted climate credentials and enraged hundreds of farmers with the granting of an authority for Santos’ Hunter Gas Pipeline.

Community groups challenge New Acland water licence

January 16, 2023

The Oakey Coal Action Alliance and Lock the Gate have this afternoon (Monday, January 16) applied for a review of the Palaszczuk Government’s decision to grant New Hope an Associated Water Licence (AWL) for its New Acland Stage 3 thermal coal mine on the...

Perrottet Government oiling the wheel to keep coal cooking the planet after 2050

January 11, 2023

New freedom of information documents reveal the lengths the NSW Perrottet Government is willing to go to to make it easy for Whitehaven to continue digging coal despite a clear conflict with its own climate change promises.