I welcome the Government’s moves to ensure that all future decisions about coal seam gas projects and large coal mining developments are based on the most rigorous scientific evidence available.
Mining has brought great wealth to our region but we can’t allow the exploitation of our finite resources to threaten sustainable industries like agriculture, viticulture and thoroughbred breeding. We must strike the right balance, and that includes protecting our water resources.
This can only be achieved by ensuring all environmental approvals and licensing decisions are made on the basis of transparent, objective scientific evidence.
The new science-based framework being introduced by the Government will provide certainty for regional communities around coal seam gas and large coal mining developments, jobs and investment, as well as protection of water.
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