An American filmmaker shooting a documentary about the environmental and social impacts of Australia's coal industry, says farmers have little power to stop mining projects.
Mike O'Connell's documentary records the impacts of the coal industry in Queensland and New South Wales.
The documentary focuses on plans to build mines on the Bimblebox Nature Reserve near Alpha, east of Rockhampton, and the impact on farmers.
Mr O'Connell says mining companies are in an unfair position of power.
"The industry's use of influence and power to creative legislative and legal foundations for them to do their work and small landowners struggling to deal with a huge entity," he said.
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