A 40sqm banner hangs on Frog Buttress an internationally renowned rockface on the side of Mt French, just across the Qld border in the Scenic Rim as part of a CSG protest that is planned for this weekend.
WITH thousands expected to turn out at several rallies across the Northern Rivers against the coal seam gas industry over the weekend the groundswell of opposition to the burgeoning industry is growing.
This week the NSW Farmers Association threatened to walk away from the O’Farrell government’s coal seam gas stakeholder advisory committee.
The president of the NSW Farmers Association Fiona Simson said draft documents proposed the loss of agricultural activity would need to be taken into account only when considering mining projects of “state significance”
The NSW Farmers Association has said it was unhappy with key aspects of the government’s policy development process and that current draft plans did not meet election promises.
The coals seam gas controversy has even embroiled the North Coast National Show after it signed a sponsorship deal with Metgasco.
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Byron Bay Articles of Interest (14/10/11)
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