THE National Party's Stephen Bromhead must clarify his position on coal seam gas exploration in the Manning after the peak body representing the gas industry claimed that coal seam gas royalties would play a vital role in 'rebuilding the State's financial position', federal member Rob Oakeshott said this week.
"The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) says new investment by the coal seam gas industry will be critical to the NSW Government, and indications are that this means an expansion of coal seam gas exploration in the Myall Lakes and Manning regions," Mr Oakeshott said.
"The NSW Budget papers allocate $2.1 million to develop a land-use policy 'to grow the mining sector' for coal and coal seam gas, and I know many local residents who will be concerned about this.
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