Media Releases
Fears Cook Government paving the way for Kimberley oil and gas export
August 17, 2023
The WA Cook Government's decision to quietly reinstate the export ban for Perth Basin gas projects, while officially lifting it in other parts of the state, puts the Kimberley at serious risk.
Read MoreFOI shows WA Health Department struggling with fracking rules, new Premier should seize chance to ban fracking
May 31, 2023
Freedom of information documents show the Western Australian bureaucracy is struggling to implement its own fracking recommendations, and Lock the Gate Alliance says the recent change in WA leadership is an opportunity for the government to abandon fracking before it’s too late.
Read MoreFOI documents show McGowan Government considered allowing cancer causing chemical in fracking
May 19, 2023
Heavily redacted documents released under freedom of information laws show the McGowan Government considered allowing fracking companies to use cancer-causing chemicals, in direct contrast with the state’s fracking inquiry recommendations and health department advice.
Read MoreCity gig to spread anti-fracking awareness and protect the Kimberley
April 19, 2023
Members of WA’s prestigious music scene will jam against the frack-man this month at a free gig to raise awareness about the growing threat fracking projects pose to the Kimberley.
Read MoreBuru’s bulldozers let loose on Kimberley savanna - again
March 01, 2023
Western Australia’s environmental watchdog has refused to assess a proposal by Buru Energy to bulldoze more than 1000kms of savanna woodland in the Kimberley so the company can conduct more geological surveys for gas.
Read MoreKimberley coast threat from new LNG proposal following Origin exit
February 13, 2023
Buru Energy's plans to develop a new fossil gas project in the Kimberley, revealed after it acquired Origin Energy's share of the companies’ Kimberley joint venture today, harks back to the bad old days of Woodside and Colin Barnett's James Price Point Proposal.
Read MoreLikely million dollar cleanup bill for New Standard’s stranded assets won’t be the last unless McGowan Govt bans fracking
December 09, 2022
A cleanup bill that could sting WA taxpayers millions of dollars highlights the risk of granting fracking companies open slather to explore highly speculative petroleum reserves in the remote Kimberley region.
Read MoreGas company clears 9000 miles and plans to clear 700 more
October 31, 2022
Gas company Buru Energy is continuing to lay waste to native vegetation in the Kimberley, lodging plans to clear an additional 1100km in order to conduct seismic surveys.
Read MoreAnother plan to frack the Kimberley bites the dust
July 15, 2022
Theia Energy, the second company to put forward a proposal to frack in the Kimberley since the WA government’s fracking moratorium was lifted in 2018, has officially withdrawn their proposal from the EPA assessment process.
Read MoreUsing fracked gas to mine crypto in Kimberley a terrible idea
June 23, 2022
Lock the Gate Alliance has slammed a suggestion by American fracking company Black Mountain that fracked gas from its planned Valhalla exploration project in the Kimberley could be used to power crypto currency mining on site.
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