Media Releases
Alarm over groundwater contamination at Beharra Springs
November 01, 2019
FRIDAY, November 1, 2019: Lock the Gate Alliance has expressed grave concern at company reports showing that an evaporation pond at the Beharra Springs Gas facility, which overlies the Yarragadee Aquifer, has contaminated local groundwater supplies in the Mid-West of WA. The details came...
Read MoreLabor Member for Swan Hills Jessica Shaw calls for a state-wide ban on fracking
September 07, 2018
Swan Hills Labor MP Jessica Shaw has affirmed her support for a ban on fracking in Western Australia. The pledge was made at a public meeting in Swan Hills last night, organised by local residents. “During the State election, I repeatedly expressed my opposition...
Read MorePremier called on to explain appointment of APPEA director as strategic adviser
April 20, 2018
FRIDAY, April 20, 2018: Lock the Gate Alliance has expressed alarm at the appointment of a director of the pro-fracking Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association to a senior position as a strategic adviser on WA Premier Mark McGowan’s staff. The appointment comes amid...
Read MoreSW 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...
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