Lock the Gate Alliance has expressed its disappointment over the continuing carve up of prime agricultural land for the benefit of greedy gas companies on the Darling Downs.

Mining companies have outbid farmers from the Namoi Valley at an auction for Zone 4 groundwater, further disadvantaging landholders during a time of extreme drought.

Lock the Gate Alliance has hit back at remarks from the National Secretary of the AWU in response to NSW Labor’s commitment to stop the Narrabri CSG project in north-west NSW.

Lock the Gate alliance is calling on the Independent Planning Commission to reject the Hume Coal mine, after the Department of Planning and Environment recommended against approving the project late last year.

Lock the Gate Alliance has welcomed Glencore’s statement today that it intends to restrict coal production to current levels because of climate change impacts, saying the decision makes sense at a time when the world is warming at an alarming rate due in large part to the burning of coal.