Download the Lock the Gate policy platform for the 2023 election and beyond here
We encourage you to read our policy platform, then book a meeting with/write to your candidate/s and ask them their position on the platform. Please reach out to candidates on social media and attend a local candidate forum to ask directly about the issues in the platform you care about the most.
RESOURCES:
- Where can people find a list of candidates for their electorate (vying for a Legislative Assembly seat (lower house) in the next NSW Parliament)?
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Northmore Gordon study into how NSW can kick the gas habit
A July 2021 study by Northmore Gordon and companion report from the Climate Council illustrates a potential pathway for NSW to reduce its gas consumption by 25% within 5 years, 70% in 10-15 years, and entirely eliminate gas use by 2050. These reports provide a decarbonisation roadmap for New South Wales which, if adopted, would mean there would be no need for gas from Santos’ Narrabri project.
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UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures study of renewables vs CSG in the NW
RENEWABLE NARRABRI SHIRE: Solar and Wind versus Gas In North-West New South Wales: A 2018 report examining the enormous benefits in pursuing renewable energy in the Narrabri / NW region instead of coal seam gas.
KEY DATES:
Now to 25 March: Conversations with candidates about this Platform
Wed 8 February: Hunter Renewal report launch in Singleton
- Report Launch - After the coal rush, the clean up: A community
blueprint to restore the Hunter
Sat 25 February: Save the Plains’ - Spring Ridge (Liverpool Plains)
- Do you live on or love the Liverpool Plains? It’s time
to defend the region again from Coal Seam Gas. Live music
from Golden Guitar winners Allan Caswell and Luke O’Shea
and an update on the campaign to stop the Narrabri Gas
Project
Mon 27 February: HVO EIS submissions due
- Write a short submission on the EIS for Hunter Valley
Operations - this is the largest proposed coal expansion in
NSW since the Paris Agreement entered into ‘force’ six years
ago.
Tuesday 14 March: Ravensworth Estate heritage submissions due
- Wonnarua people want Ravensworth Homestead added to the
state heritage register and to become a site of reconciliation.
Glencore want to dig it up to expand their Glendell coal mine.
Sat 25 March: NSW Election