FARM industry group AgForce says it welcomes the extra legal support from the Queensland government to help Central Queensland landholders negotiate with resource companies.
Minister for Employment, Skills and Mining Stirling Hinchcliffe today announced $300,000 to fund a travelling legal officer in CQ to advise property owners about access and compensation issues.
AgForce was instrumental in securing Queensland’s first specialist rural Legal Aid officer in Toowoomba, and since then has been lobbying for similar assistance in other areas of the state.
AgForce CEO Robert Walker said the position is an acknowledgement of the serious need for landholders to be empowered in their dealings with CSG and coal mining companies.
“We are seeing exponential growth in mineral exploration and production across much of Queensland’s most valuable farming and grazing country, but still an unacceptable power imbalance exists between landholders and multi-national resources companies,” Mr Walker said.
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