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Stop Liberal and Labor’s gaslighting

Alex Bainbridge — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +1000

Peter Dutton’s new policy to force gas companies to increase supply to the domestic market merely appears to stand up to the gas corporations. Alex Bainbridge argues it does the opposite.

Take action on November 28 against the gas-fired 'recovery'

Pip Hinman — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:45:00 +1100

A national day of protest has been called by community groups following the federal government’s push for a gas-led recovery, reports Pip Hinman.

Join the dots, urges Greta

Pip Hinman — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:45:00 +1000

Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg urges us to join the dots, but Pip Hinman writes that our governments won't do so unless we make them.

The madness and corruption of unconventional gas

David Lowe — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +1000

David Lowe looks at the dangers of, and struggle against, the unconventional gas industry in Australia.

WA Labor gives go ahead to fracking

Victor Hoisington — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:15:00 +1000

The Western Australian Labor government has announced it will lift the ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) of underground geological structures this month. A statewide moratorium on fracking has been in place since September 2017.

Labor’s great gas con

Pip Hinman — Thu, 02 May 2019 14:00:00 +1000

Aspiring PM Bill Shorten’s promise on April 23 to help boost gas companies’ bottom lines is as much about currying political favor with corporate mates as it is perpetuating the fiction that more gas will reduce energy prices, writes Pip Hinman.

#StopAdani: Students say elections must be a referendum on their futures

Pip Hinman — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:45:00 +1000

School students are right in carrying out mass civil disobedience to put the urgency of stopping dangerous climate change on the political agenda, writes Pip Hinman.

GST and the great gas con

Pip Hinman — Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:00:00 +1100

Tony Abbot’s recent suggestion that the army take control of gas resources in states that have banned or limited unconventional gas mining shows the lengths to which the recalcitrant fossil fools will go to defend dirty energy corporations, which are under increasing fire as the national debate over energy security continues.

Margaret River tells gas industry: Frack off

Kathy Fairfax — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:00:00 +1100

Nearly 10,000 people attended two sold out Frack Off! concerts at Margaret River over the weekend of November 26–27, highlighting the growing opposition to unconventional gas across Western Australia.

The concerts included performances by John Butler Trio, Mama Kin, Pigram Brothers and Ten Cent Shooters.

There were speakers from the three regions threatened by unconventional gas — the South West, Mid West and Kimberley.

Fracking: bad in USA, worse in Western Australia

Drew Hubbell — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:00:00 +1000

I moved to Perth in June last year from a small, rural town in central Pennsylvania. There I witnessed first-hand the impact of the “fracking” boom — the rapid exploitation of the unconventional gas resources in the Marcellus shale play. It hit rural Pennsylvania particularly hard because it is economically depressed, struggling to make ends meet by farming and what's left of manufacturing that has not been outsourced to China, Mexico, and other exploitable labour pools.

NT government rejects fracking application

Kathy Fairfax — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:00:00 +1100

The Northern Territory government rejected an application to explore for unconventional gas in Watarrka National Park, also known as Kings Canyon, and Coomalie on the edge of the Litchfield National Park, on November 25. The Traditional Owners have been fighting to protect the areas from fracking for three years. More than 90% of the Northern Territory is covered by gas exploration licences, or applications for fracking exploration.

Metgasco raises the stakes in NSW

Pip Hinman — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +1100

Metgasco is upping the ante in its bid to drill for unconventional gas in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales. Activists are even more determined to protect the region’s land and water. After Metgasco announced it would be carrying out pre-fracking seismic tests, Lismore council voted 5 to 2 on October 13 to refuse access to the gas company’s equipment.

Lock the Gate’s rally for the future

Peter Boyle — Fri, 22 May 2015 10:00:00 +1000

More than 250 farmers and their city cousins rallied at Queensland Parliament House on May 21 calling for an end to unconventional gas production and coal mining. The rally was organised by Lock the Gate (Queensland). Farmers from the Bentley Blockade and Northern Rivers in NSW travelled to Brisbane for the rally.

People power beats gas giant at Bentley

Mel Barnes — Fri, 16 May 2014 10:00:00 +1000

The NSW government has suspended Metgasco’s licence to drill for gas at Bentley, near Lismore. Energy minister Anthony Roberts said on May 15: “The Office of Coal Seam Gas made the suspension on the grounds that Metgasco did not fulfil a condition of its exploration licence, namely to undertake genuine and effective consultation with the community as required.”

Metgasco turns up the heat on Mike Baird

Pip Hinman — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 10:00:00 +1000

Gas company Metgasco is so determined to drill for unconventional gas in northern NSW it is prepared to make enemies of old friends — the NSW Coalition government. On September 1, Metgasco declared it was halting talks with Mike Baird's government and suing it for damages.

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