The Queensland Government will introduce laws into Parliament next month to protect cropping land from mining.
Legislation will be brought into State Parliament next month to ban open cut mines or large industrial developments, where soil is top quality in "strategic cropping land protection zones".
The question of farming versus resources is set to be a major issue at the next election, with the major and minor parties all claiming to have the best policy.
Queensland Natural Resources Minister Rachel Nolan says , sooner.
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