MORE than 300 people concerned with the nation’s future at the hands of a rapidly expanding extractive industry gathered in Gunnedah yesterday to send a clear message to Macquarie Street and Canberra: “Put food first!”
The Food Security Forum was put together at short notice by the pro-agriculture groups: Caroona Coal Action Group, SOS (Save Our Soils) Liverpool Plains and the Mullaley Gas Pipeline Group.
Chaired by talkback radio identity, Alan Jones, the open forum was aimed at building awareness and fuelling the political fight.
Headers and tractors were parked outside the entry to the hall where landholders held a peaceful rally, holding signs such as “AGL go to hell” and “No gas in Murray Darling Basin water”.
The grim reaper himself made an appearance reinstating the damning message.
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