The Palaszczuk Government’s decision to funnel dirty and water-guzzling unconventional gas from a drought-parched region into Cleanco is an example of political doublespeak, according to Lock the Gate Alliance.

New information from the NSW Resources Regulator has raised further questions about the gap between the rehabilitation bond held by the NSW Government and the real cost of cleaning up a shuttered coal mine owned by debt-laden mining company Wollongong Coal.

Gas fracking company Origin is attempting to salvage the image of its controversial and contested Beetaloo fracking project by launching a public relations campaign that “would be laughable if it wasn’t fracking with people’s land and lives,” according to Protect Country Alliance.

Lock the Gate Alliance analysis has revealed Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project mega mine would extract an estimated 780 billion litres of groundwater during its 30 year lifespan - more than one and a half times the amount of water in Sydney Harbour. 

Lock the Gate Alliance welcomes statements from local politicians announcing their opposition to a proposed coal mine north of Bundaberg.