Lock the Gate Alliance
Lock the Gate (LTG) is working with local communities in the face of dozens of big new and expanding coal mines, hundreds of gasfield licences and new pipeline projects across three states (WA, NSW, Qld) and the Northern Territory.
Over 37% of the Australian landmass is covered in coal and petroleum licences and applications. We're up against coal seam gas, tight gas, shale gas and coal, wet gas, shale and tight sands oil and diesel. Abandoned open cut mines and pollution, and fugitive methane emissions. We're taking on some of the biggest mining and extraction companies in Australia.
We stand with locals to stop inappropriate mines and gas drilling. We're working closely with Traditional Owners, farmers, pastoralists and local communities. And our past successes have shown that our model of working alongside, supporting, upskilling and resourcing communities works.
We call on companies to clean up their acts. We hold governments to account. And we collaborate with experts in a range of fields to expose the folly of the current agenda of rampant coal and gas expansions in Australia.
We are one part of a much bigger movement.
Faced with the extraordinary capture of our governments by the mining industry and enmeshed in a struggle against many of the largest companies in the world, communities have chosen grace under fire and displayed incredible courage, integrity and imagination. Against all the odds people are taking back their power and peacefully building one of the greatest social movements this country has ever seen.
There are hundreds of First Nations people in the network fighting for water, culture and country. Farmers and pastoralists are speaking up for protections of our food producing lands alongside rural townspeople and urban dwellers. Tourism operators are fighting to keep areas pristine and water clear while trying to run a business.
From the tip of the Kimberley to the far reaches of Tasmania, we have collaborated to build the capacity of regional alliances. Resourcing and connecting hundreds of local groups in local, regional and national campaings. Working together, we have supported over 460 communities to declare themselves coal and gasfield free. More than 73 local Councils have got involved in standing up to mining projects and applications.
