Tara Blockade

Blockaders claim victory at Tara: Queensland Gas Company in breach of environmental authority

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 03/04/2011 - 8:43am

Lock the Gate Press Release April 3rd 2011 The blockaders at the Tara residential estate claimed victory today in their campaign to stop QGC (British Gas) from building a pipeline on to their estate. The police have packed up and left, telling the protest group this was a "civil matter now". QGC have stopped all work on the pipeline.

Related: Drew Hutton arrested at gas pipeline blockade (31/3/11) |
Arrests begin at Tara gas pipeline blockade (16/3/11) |
Gas exploration faces grassroots stand off in Southern Queensland (28/2/11)

Geography: 
Queensland
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Feature
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CSG
Tara Blockade
coal and gas seam mining

Drew Hutton arrested at gas pipeline blockade

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 30/03/2011 - 8:16pm

On March 29th Drew Hutton, spokesperson for Friends of the Earth and leading campaigner for the national Lock the Gate campaign, was arrested at the Tara anti-coal seam gas blockade. He appeared in court the following day after spending the night in custody where he was bailed to appear in court in April.

Geography: 
Queensland
Keywords: 
Coal Seam Gas
Tara Blockade
fracking