Hidden in the detail of draft Strategic Cropping Land legislation in Queensland are controls that will not only restrict what mining companies can do in protected areas but also what farmers who own the land can do as well.
Earlier this year Queensland became the first state to develop draft legislation to protect farmland deemed to be of vital importance for future food production from high-impact mining developments.
When then deputy premier Paul Lucas met with landholders who were calling for greater protections of farmland from mining at Dalby in 2007, he said the Government would consider it, but warned that greater restrictions could also apply to farmers as well as miners if protective legislation was developed.
It was a case of “be careful what you wish for”, and landholders studying the detail of the draft legislation are beginning to see what he meant.
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