It’s “one continuous bloody nightmare”, once coal seam gas mining exploration begins on a property, a witness told the opening session of Monday’s government inquiry into coal seam gas in Taree.
Cr John Rosenbaum, deputy mayor of Gloucester Shire Council, was one of five representatives from three local government councils invited to give evidence at the day-long hearing at Club Taree.
Speaking from his personal experience as a Gloucester landowner already affected by a mining company’s exploration practices, Cr Rosenbaum said the uncertainty of having your property under exploration licence “goes on and on and on” and could go on for the next five years.
The action of mining companies in gaining access to properties in the Gloucester, Manning and Great Lakes region for exploration purposes was one of the key issues at Monday morning’s opening sessions of the inquiry.
Gloucestor Advocate
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