Media Releases
Farmers react to coal seam gas betrayal
July 21, 2021
Farmers in the New South Wales north west have reacted with anger to the announcement by the Deputy Premier that some of the state’s most productive farmland will be available to be exploited by Santos for coal seam gas, describing the move as a...
Read MoreGas industry-funded university centre awarded crucial NT fracking research grant
July 20, 2021
The Northern Territory government’s grant of a research contract into fracking impacts to a university centre with close ties to the gas industry represents a profound conflict of interest, say the Protect Country Alliance.
Read MoreBum breathers breathe a little easier… for now
July 16, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance, Central Queensland locals, and rare bum breathing turtles are relieved after the Federal Environment Department declared a plan by Santos to dump untreated coal seam gas water in the Upper Dawson River should be a “controlled action”.
Read MoreGas plan threatens to frack Gouldian Finch habitat
July 12, 2021
Protect Country Alliance and Birdlife Top End is calling on Northern Territory Environment Minister Eva Lawler to stop Empire Energy from “fracking the finch”.
Read MoreMedia Alert: Cable Beach Frack Free Kimberley Concert July 2021
July 09, 2021
Renowned musicians will perform at “Kimberley Calling: a Frack Free Kimberley Concert” in support of Mangala Traditional Owners who oppose plans by petroleum companies to lay waste to their homelands in the Great Sandy Desert region of the Kimberley.
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