Media Releases
New draft laws abandon QLD farmers to coal seam gas subsidence
December 14, 2023
A Queensland Government draft plan to abandon responsibility for farmland that is sinking due to coal seam gas induced subsidence must go back to the drawing board, say farmers and community groups
Read MoreLock the Gate Alliance response to WA environment "overhaul"
December 12, 2023
Conservation groups have reacted angrily to news the WA Roger Cook Government is planning to overhaul the state's environmental regulations, likely making it easier for fossil fuel companies to ram through polluting projects with minimal scrutiny.
Read MoreTamboran’s pre-Christmas 15 well fracking application is attempt to avoid public scrutiny
December 12, 2023
Tamboran and the Northern Territory Government have been accused of using the Christmas period to avoid public scrutiny after the company lodged a new application to frack 15 wells and the department gave just 28 days for communities to read and respond to the proposal, with...
Read MoreLake Eyre Basin protections must be priority for soon to be Premier Steven Miles
December 12, 2023
Traditional Owners, farmers, and community groups urge the next premier to prioritise making good on Labor’s repeated promises to protect Queensland’s Lake Eyre Basin by banning new oil and gas from Channel Country rivers and floodplains.
Read MoreMining giant urged to breathe new life into ghost town it destroyed instead of building temporary workers’ camp
December 08, 2023
Peabody should stop bulldozing houses in Wollar and renovate those that are left to help ease the region’s housing crisis instead of building a new 100 person temporary workers’ camp for its Wilpinjong coal mine, says a local community group.
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