Queensland farmers are asking voters in the key Brisbane seat of Ashgrove to think hard about the threat of mining destroying agricultural land and water.
Busloads of Queensland farmers have congregated in Ashgrove, some of them travelling hundreds of kilometres, to march on the major political parties' campaign offices.
The Queensland Greens and Katter's Australian Party, the only parties to call for a 12-month moratorium on coal seam gas mining, have joined the farmers at Monday's protest.
They will march on the campaign offices of Labor incumbent Kate Jones and Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman.
Mr Newman must win Ashgrove in his bid to become premier at the March 24 poll.
John Cook, a cattle and grain farmer from the Toowoomba region, told AAP he wanted Ashgrove voters to think about the bush when they cast their vote.
"There are mining tenements all across good farming land," he said. "There is nowhere in the state you can go to escape them.
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Brisbane Times
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