Reports

Empowering Voices

June 2023: Empowering Voices: Australian Case Studies Unveil the Power of Community in Decision-Making, examines 49 cases of community participation in environmental decision-making, across a range of issues including wind farms and...

After the Coal Rush, the Clean Up: Community Blueprint to Restore the Hunter

FEB 2023: The future of the Hunter Valley is in the balance: decisions made now will determine the viability of the region’s communities and environments for many decades to come. The coal...

Transforming mining land in the Hunter Valley

MAY 2022: A report from Lock the Gate Alliance analysing the economic opportunities for the Hunter to reuse and revitalise the region’s decommissioned coal mine sites as they become available. Read and...

Future-proofing the Hunter: Voices from our community

NOV 2021: A report by Hunter Renewal and Hunter Jobs Alliance outlining community priorities for the Royalties for Rejuvenation fund Read and download the full report here

Weathering the Storm: the case for transforming the Hunter Valley

JAN: 2019 A report from Perry & Hewitson, WSU examines the future of thermal coal in the Hunter and describes how governments could aid the transition and avoid economic disaster. Read and Download...

Mind the Gap

OCT 2018: A report by Lock the Gate Alliance. Mind the Gap: how fixing mine rehabilitation shortfalls could fuel jobs growth in the Hunter Valley. If New South Wales were to set an average...

The Hole Truth

JUNE 2016. Dr Gavin Mudd quantifies the size of coal mine pits or ‘final voids’ which will remain unfilled in NSW once the coal mining boom ends, which combined form an area greater...

Unfair Shares: How Coal Mines Bought the Hunter River

JULY 2014. A report commissioned by Lock the Gate Alliance revealing the scale of water consumption by coal mines in the Hunter region and the extensive damage being done to both surface...