"... 7.41pm: Will Campbell Newman stop the coal seam gas industry?
"No I won't," he said.
"There are three major projects that have been approved by the current government ... the question is what happens next?"
Newman says it's absolutely vital to protect the water basins and he's "deeply concerned" about some of the regions being exploited, particularly southwest of Dalby.
He says there needs to be more protections for farmers.
"No I won't," he said.
"There are three major projects that have been approved by the current government ... the question is what happens next?"
Newman says it's absolutely vital to protect the water basins and he's "deeply concerned" about some of the regions being exploited, particularly southwest of Dalby.
He says there needs to be more protections for farmers.
8.32pm: Coal seam gas is raised again. Concern that this generation will benefit, but future generations will be left with the mess.
Bligh says CSG is not new in Queensland and it generates about 20 per cent of the state's electricity.
We have never had an environmental issue, Bligh says, but the industry is about to get much bigger as an export industry.
Regarding what's happening in the United States, that's coming out of shale, she says.
CSG is much closer to the ground and "we've banned the chemicals they're using in the United States", she says.
Not one farmer has taken land use issues to court, she says, because ultimately they've got the compensation she wanted.
Artesian basin is vital, she says. Experts very confident they can manage the industry without impacting groundwater.
"Hand on heart", there is no contamination of our water, but we have to be very careful with the upcoming massive expansion.
Brisbane Times
Editor's Note: You make your own mind up. It seems to me that one is as bad as the other when it comes to the issue of Coal Seam Gas Mining. A promise from a politician isnt worth the breath that it takes to speak it. We have seen that already federally ("There will be no carbon tax under the Government I lead") and Anna Bligh's slate is not clean either. As for the contender? His answer's change as often as he changes his Armani Shirts.
Bligh says CSG is not new in Queensland and it generates about 20 per cent of the state's electricity.
We have never had an environmental issue, Bligh says, but the industry is about to get much bigger as an export industry.
Regarding what's happening in the United States, that's coming out of shale, she says.
CSG is much closer to the ground and "we've banned the chemicals they're using in the United States", she says.
Not one farmer has taken land use issues to court, she says, because ultimately they've got the compensation she wanted.
Artesian basin is vital, she says. Experts very confident they can manage the industry without impacting groundwater.
"Hand on heart", there is no contamination of our water, but we have to be very careful with the upcoming massive expansion.
Brisbane Times
Editor's Note: You make your own mind up. It seems to me that one is as bad as the other when it comes to the issue of Coal Seam Gas Mining. A promise from a politician isnt worth the breath that it takes to speak it. We have seen that already federally ("There will be no carbon tax under the Government I lead") and Anna Bligh's slate is not clean either. As for the contender? His answer's change as often as he changes his Armani Shirts.
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