Media Releases
New year, new fracking plan for the Kimberley
January 18, 2022
A new fracking project in the Great Sandy Desert area of WA’s Kimberley region that will require nearly 18 million litres of water is the thin edge of the wedge as the McGowan Government continues to roll out the red carpet to the oil...
Read MoreFracking company’s shareholder prospectus referred to ASX and ASIC over glaring omissions
November 24, 2021
Lock The Gate Alliance has referred concerns over serious inaccuracies contained in Black Mountain Energy’s recently published share prospectus to the ASX and ASIC. Black Mountain, a Texas-headquartered fracking company, is raising capital via the Australian Stock Exchange to fund works associated with its...
Read MoreMcGowan Government bends over backwards for frackers
October 11, 2021
The McGowan Government is bending its own rules to encourage a fracking project that threatens to lay waste to the Kimberley’s world renowned landscape.
Read MoreGas Update in the Shire of Dandaragan
July 27, 2021
Gas projects have been on the nose in and around most of the communities in the Shire of Dandaragan. Since the Gasfield Free Declaration in the area surrounding and including the Dandaragan town there have been no new wells drilled.
Read MoreCable Beach to host Kimberley Calling: a Frack Free Kimberley Concert
July 09, 2021
Renowned musicians will perform at “Kimberley Calling: a Frack Free Kimberley Concert” in support of Mangala Traditional Owners who oppose plans by petroleum companies to lay waste to their homelands in the Great Sandy Desert region of the Kimberley.
Read MoreWA taxpayers slugged millions for fracking cleanup, FOI documents reveal
March 04, 2021
Freedom of Information (FOI) documents obtained by Broome conservation group Environs Kimberley reveal the McGowan Government slugged WA taxpayers with a multimillion dollar clean-up bill for a gaswell after the fracking company behind it went bust, and then gave incorrect information to parliament about...
Read MoreFeb 9, 2021: Black Mountain Kimberley frack plan to undergo assessment despite promised laws not yet in place
February 09, 2021
Broome based conservation group Environs Kimberley has condemned the McGowan Government for paving the way for the EPA assessment of a plan by a Texan company to frack 20 gaswells, despite promised safeguards not yet being in place.
Read MoreFarmers furious over government’s Waitsia 2 approval
February 01, 2021
Locals who will be impacted by the Waitsia Gas Project Stage 2 are outraged after Western Australia Environment Minister Stephen Dawson formally approved the polluting project today (February 1). Farmer Rod Copeland said the McGowan Government was ignoring opposition to projects like Waitsia 2...
Read More27 Jan 2021: Texan frackers have second crack at ramming polluting Kimberley plan through WA EPA
January 27, 2021
Conservation group Environs Kimberley is calling on the WA Environmental Protection Authority to reject Texan-owned fracking company Bennett Resources’ push to frack twenty wells in the catchment of the National Heritage listed Fitzroy River. The company, a subsidiary of Black Mountain, lodged an application...
Read More25 Jan 2021: McGowan Needs to Rule Out Fracking Fast-track
January 25, 2021
Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the McGowan Government to categorically rule out the inclusion of any unconventional gas projects in the recently announced development fast-track, given their failure to implement commitments from the 2018 fracking inquiry.
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