BASS Coast Shire councillors are planning a staunch fight against mining companies wanting to explore and mine for coal seam gas in the region.
They hope to make the battle a state-wide affair, with a better outcome than the recent desal debacle when community outrage was not enough to stop the development from going ahead in Wonthaggi.
Councillors present at the council briefing session last Wednesday supported community concern after Queensland based mining company, Leichhardt Resources Pty Ltd, applied for an exploration licence covering 519 square kilometres along the coast from Wonthaggi to Waratah Bay, and inland to Buffalo.
Cr Ross Smith said he believed councillors should be “making noise” about mining in the Bass Coast and surrounding shires as soon as possible.
The Great Southern Star
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