Media Releases
SW Oil & Gas industry leader’s fracking comments alarm local landholders
April 12, 2018
THURSDAY, April 12, 2018: Comments by mining company contractor and Yallingup winery owner Steve Tobin that the current fracking bans were “holding back” conventional onshore gas development has alarmed local landholders in the South West. A spokesperson for the Gasfield Free SW Alliance Carly...
Read MoreCall for WA Fracking Inquiry to release a draft report for public comment
February 14, 2018
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018: The Lock the Gate Alliance is urging the WA Fracking Inquiry to release an interim report of its findings that will be open to public comment prior to the publication of its final report later this year. Lock the Gate...
Read MoreCommunity celebrates as CalEnergy shuts down its gas wells east of Margaret River
February 07, 2018
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018: The Gasfield Free South West Alliance has called for the cancellation of a gas lease covering the Whicher Range East of Margaret River following an announcement by the company holding the lease that it couldn’t justify spending any more...
Read MoreCall to make WA Fracking Inquiry more open & transparent as inquiry announces closed meetings
January 22, 2018
MONDAY January 22, 2018: Lock the Gate Alliance has called out the WA Fracking Inquiry’s plan to close its public meetings to the public and allow only a limited number of registered attendees to make short presentations in round table groups led by...
Read MoreCall to protect Yalgorup National Park from gasfield development as Government expands park
January 12, 2018
FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2018: Peel residents have welcomed the State Government’s plans to expand the Yalgorup National Park but say its value as a conservation area is being compromised by a gas exploration lease covering the area. Local resident and spokesperson for Gasfield Free Peel...
Read MoreMineral Resources must rule out tight gas at Waitsia
December 22, 2017
Media Release 22 December 2017 - Mineral Resources must rule out tight gas at Waitsia The community close to the Waitsia gas project in the Mid West have reacted to the takeover bid of AWE by Mineral Resources with a call to rule out tight...
Read MoreLandholders cautiously welcome fracking bans as moratorium extended to 2020
December 08, 2017
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 2017: The Gasfield Free South West Alliance has welcomed the government’s formal gazettal of fracking bans covering the South West, Peel and Metro areas today but says it would still like the bans to be protected by a specific Act of...
Read MoreCall for fracking inquiry to expand its scope & public hearings as submissions open
November 27, 2017
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2017: Landholders and communities from across WA have welcomed the opening today of public submissions to the WA Fracking Inquiry but say the scope of the inquiry is still too limited and the number of public hearings remains inadequate. Dandaragan famer...
Read MorePublic meeting calls for the South West to be declared Gasfield Free
November 22, 2017
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2017: More than 100 people turned out in Dardanup last night (Tuesday November 21) to call for an end to plans to develop gasfields in the South West of WA. The meeting organised by the Gasfield Free South West Alliance and...
Read MoreCommunity Town Hall Meeting to keep the South west Gasfield Free
November 09, 2017
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10: Landholders and other residents from across the South West will attend a landmark public meeting in Dardanup next week (November 21) to discuss opposition to a new gas exploration lease covering the region. The Community Town Hall Public Meeting will...
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