Media Releases
South West community responds to DMP’S open letter about petroleum extraction in south west
June 30, 2016
JUNE 30, 2016: Community groups in South West WA have expressed concern about the latest round of deceptive information provided to the public by the Department of Mines and Petroleum in a recently published “Open Letter to the Community”, which aims to counter the...
Read MoreGroups across WA join in roadside call for action to protect Water4Life
June 25, 2016
JUNE 25, 2016: West Australians will be taking to the highways in force today in a show of support for better protection for our water resources from coal and gas mining. From Broome to Brunswick Junction, Moora to the Metropolitan area, Kalbarri to Kununurra...
Read MoreCervantes says “No” to fracking with Gasfield Free Declaration
June 23, 2016
CERVANTES June 23, 2016: The town of Cervantes will today become the seventh community in WA’s Mid West to declare itself gasfield free. The declaration supported by 95 % of the community means that the unconventional gas industry is denied a social license to...
Read MoreLocal groups taking part in national highway action to protect water resources
June 14, 2016
JUNE 14, 2016: Local landholders and residents, Climate Angels, Knitting Nanas and other concerned citizens will take to our highways on June 25 in the biggest roadside protest ever seen. The Bunbury group will gather on Bussell Highway near the Bunbury Bypass rest stop...
Read MoreAnother Mid West Community Goes Gasfield Free
June 08, 2016
JUNE 9, 2016: The community of Cervantes in WA’s Mid West is about to join scores of other of communities across Australia in declaring themselves Gasfield Free. The Cervantes Groundwater Protection Group has spent many months surveying members of the local community to see...
Read MoreBurekup, Roelands community concerned about gas industry invasion
June 08, 2016
JUNE 2, 2016:More than 100 people turned out at a meeting in Burekup on June 1 to discuss the risks of unconventional gas mining. Spokesperson for Gas Free South West Jodi Larke said the meeting was empowering and demonstrated the strength of concern in...
Read MoreSouth West landholders call for help as State Cabinet Ministers arrive in Busselton
May 28, 2016
BUSSELTON MAY 28, 2016: Landholders from across the south west are calling on the National Party for help ahead of regional State Cabinet meetings in Busselton tomorrow. The landholders want the Nationals to push for legislation to protect farmers and others from unconventional gas...
Read MoreNew National Mapping: 50 Million Hectares of Western Australia with Coal and Gas Titles or Applications
May 12, 2016
New national mapping of mining tenements across Australia released today reveals that vast areas of Western Australia are at risk, with 50 million hectares of its land mass covered by coal and gas titles and applications. The mapping was released today as part of...
Read MoreMid West Farmers Call on Nationals to Stand Up for Veto
May 09, 2016
Farmers from across the Mid West are calling on the National Party to support their right of veto over oil and gas exploration after Nationals MP Shane Love came out in support of the veto campaign. Lock the Gate WA coordinator Boudicca Cerese said...
Read MoreCouncillors told gas company won't tolerate locked gates
April 20, 2016
The rights of farmers and other landholders across the Southwest look likely to be disregarded by a company seeking to access land between Bunbury & Busselton. Carly Stone, spokesperson for the online residential group "Gas Free Southwest WA" said the company had briefed local...
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