Monday, September 12

NSW Farmers call for Power to Veto Coal Seam Gas Explorers

MARK COLVIN: A leading farming group has ramped up its calls for landowners to say no to miners getting onto their land.

The NSW Farmers Association has made 32 recommendations to a state inquiry on the politically sensitive coal seam gas industry. It includes calls to introduce legislation for the right to veto land access.

If successful it would make New South Wales the first state in Australia to give farmers that right in relation to oil and gas exploration.      Click Here to Read and Listen to Audio

PM With Mark Colvin - ABC

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