Media Releases
90.5% of residents in Jurien say Yes to going Gasfield Free
September 20, 2016
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016: Jurien will declare itself Gasfield Free at a community celebration tomorrow (Wednesday September 21) at the Shire of Dandaragan's Jurien Bay Office. The declaration follows an extensive survey of the community that saw members of the community go house to house,...
Read More97.5% of residents in North Boyanup say Yes to going Gasfield Free
September 18, 2016
SEPTEMBER 18, 2016: North Boyanup will declare itself Gasfield Free at a community celebration today (Sunday September 18). The declaration follows an extensive survey of the community that saw residents go house to house, road by road asking their neighbours if they would like...
Read MoreSwan Valley at Risk from Industrial Gasfields
September 15, 2016
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016: Public meetings will be held at Aveley and Muchea at the end of September, to discuss plans for industrial gasfields in the Swan Valley. Lock the Gate Alliance Mid West Coordinator, Simone van Hattem said there is a gas exploration license...
Read MoreAnother South West Community Goes Gasfield Free
September 05, 2016
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016: The community of North Boyanup in WA’s South West is about to join nearly 400 other communities across Australia in declaring themselves Gasfield Free, and have invited community members from across the region to join them for a Gasfield Free declaration...
Read MoreLandholders call on new WA Nationals leader to support veto rights
August 09, 2016
AUGUST 9, 2016: The Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on the new leader of the Nationals in WA, Brendon Grylls to support the push for landholders’ to have the right of veto over gas exploration and mining on their lands. Coordinator for Lock...
Read MoreConcern in Cowaramup at gas industry moves in the Whicher Range
August 08, 2016
AUGUST 8, 2016: It was standing room only for a screening of Lock the Gate’s A Fractured Country in Cowaramup last Friday (August 6). The crowd turned out to see the film, which tells the story of the gas rush currently taking place...
Read MoreStratham to declare itself Gasfield Free this Sunday
July 24, 2016
JULY 24, 2016: Statham will today (Sunday July 24) join nearly 400 communities across Australia in declaring itself a Gasfield Free Community and is the first south west community to do so. The declaration, to be made a special ceremony in Stratham, means...
Read MoreCall for Liberal MP to support veto rights following stand on land grab for pipeline
July 21, 2016
JULY 21, 2016: Gasfield Free South West is calling on Liberal MP Murray Cowper to support calls for veto rights for landholders following his public stance against the compulsory acquisition of private land for the Albany gas pipeline. Mr Cowper, a former State minister...
Read MoreGasfield Free Community movement spreads to southwest WA
July 13, 2016
JULY 13, 2016: Statham, in the Shire of Capel, is about to become the south west’s first Gasfield Free Community after more than 98 percent of residents said “YES” to being gasfield free. Stratham will declare itself Gasfield Free at a special event on...
Read MoreFracking confirmed as a major election issue as Labor MP’s call for SW ban
July 10, 2016
JULY 11, 2016: Lock the Gate Alliance and Gasfield Free South West have congratulated two Labor MPs who have come out in support of a ban on fracking in WA’s south west. Collie Preston MP Mick Murray and Upper House member for the...
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