Media Releases

Arrow lodges shocking amendment to drill hundreds of gas wells at site of Linc environmental disaster

January 18, 2021

Farmers are outraged over an amendment by Arrow Energy which, if approved, would allow the multinational company to drill hundreds of additional gas wells through land and groundwater potentially contaminated by the Linc Energy underground coal gasification disaster.

Farmers urge government to act after Carbon Minerals targets Liverpool Plains for new CSG drilling in zombie licenses

January 18, 2021

Gas company and Santos joint venture partner Carbon Minerals is progressing plans to raise its zombie petroleum licenses from the dead on the Liverpool Plains, a national food bowl, despite calls by State Government MPs for expired tenements to be permanently slain.

Company allowed to obtain majority ownership of zombie PEL without full government scrutiny

January 15, 2021

Documents obtained recently under Government Information Public Access (GIPA) laws reveal the NSW Government was unable to complete a full and transparent investigation into whether it was appropriate for a private multinational company to purchase majority ownership of an expired petroleum license in the...

Road to nowhere: Federal Government’s NT gas roads announcement a massive waste of taxpayer funds

January 14, 2021

Australian taxpayers should be outraged the Morrison Government has announced it will yet again subsidise the polluting and expensive fracking industry using public funds with a “gas roads” package for the NT worth $217M.

Morrison Govt approved delays for Adani’s threatened species habitat offset requirements

January 14, 2021

Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed the Morrison Government for approving a delay of several years before Adani needs to “legally secure” land that would act as an offset for a host of endangered and threatened animals and plants.