COAL seam gas companies have told a Senate hearing they will use their legal rights to force their way on to land where farmers refuse access.
The admission is likely to anger thousands of farmers in the Surat and Bowen basins of Queensland who promised to lock their gates against gas and coal mining.
In a sometimes fiery hearing, the inquiry into CSG also discovered a "gold-rush mentality" in which the state and federal governments would earn $1 billion a year in taxes and royalties from just one of the three approved CSG export projects, while the companies were making up to $4 million a year from each well. Read More
The Courier Mail
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