Media Releases

Mid West Farmers take their fracking concerns to State Parliament

April 06, 2016

A delegation of farmers from the Mid West will be knocking on the doors of MPs in state parliament today demanding the right to protect their own land and water from fracking. The farmers from Irwin and Dandaragan have sought urgent talks with National,...

Primary school kids targeted in pro-fracking propaganda campaign

April 05, 2016

The Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed an “educational supplement” distributed to primary schools across WA today as blatant propaganda for the fracking industry. The Ed supplement published in today’s West Australian newspaper and used widely in schools makes misleading claims about fracking including...

WA Govt shows cavalier attitude to fracking with watering down of already weak recommendations

March 17, 2016

MARCH 17, 2106: The Lock the Gate Alliance has labeled the state government’s response to a parliamentary inquiry into fracking in WA as “an attempt to water down already inadequate and weak recommendations.” Western Australian coordinator for Lock the Gate Boudicca Cerese said the...

Massive payout in US fracking company water contamination case a sobering reminder for WA's Mid West

March 11, 2016

MARCH 11, 2016: The Frack Free Mid West Gascoyne Alliance says a US federal court order for a fracking company to pay $US4.5M to two couples for contaminating their drinking water is a sobering reminder of the dangers fracking poses to water and health.

Fears for Mid West groundwater after reports of gas company polluting aquifer in Qld

February 10, 2016

A company currently involved in gas exploration and testing in WA’s Mid West has been caught out covering up oil pollution of groundwater aquifers in Queensland. Executives at Origin, a company which owns a half share of the Waitsia gas field and is active...

WA communities say AGL withdrawal in NSW should herald pullout of WA frackers

February 05, 2016

FEBRUARY 5, 2016: Communities across the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of WA have welcomed moves by gas giant AGL to pull out of unconventional gas mining in NSW and Queensland. Spokesperson for the Frack Free Mid West Gascoyne Alliance Jo Franklin said the...

REGIONAL WA DEMANDS THE RIGHT TO SAY ‘NO’ TO MINING

November 30, 2015

NOVEMBER 30, 2015: Farmers and landholders across the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of WA are calling on Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg and state ministers to give them the right to say ‘no’ to mining at the next meeting of the...

Parliamentary inquiry recommendations for fracking in WA mostly window dressing

November 17, 2015

NOVEMBER 17, 2015: The Frack Free Mid West Gascoyne Alliance has warned that the recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry into fracking in WA were little more than window dressing for an unsafe and unwanted industry. Spokesperson for the FFMWGA Jo Franklin said the long...

Call for halt to fracking in WA while the senate investigates health impacts

November 12, 2015

November 12, 2015: The Frack Free Mid West Gascoyne Alliance has called for an immediate halt on all fracking exploration and mining in WA while a senate inquiry examines the health, social and economic impact of the unconventional gas industry. Spokesperson the FFMWGA Irene...

Health Department report lists multiple cancer causing chemicals used in fracking in WA

October 25, 2015

A new report by the WA Health Department on fracking and public water supplies has identified multiple carcinogenic chemicals used in the fracking process, some of which have no known safe levels of ingestion, the Frack Free Mid West Alliance warned today. The report...