Independent MP Tony Windsor is threatening to derail the Government's mining tax unless it clamps down on coal seam gas exploration and provides millions of dollars for research into the environmental effects of coal seam gas drilling.
The Government needs the support of Mr Windsor and fellow independent Rob Oakeshott, who is also said to be wavering on the tax, to secure the numbers to get the measure through Parliament.
But Prime Minister Julia Gillard says while she will discuss Mr Windsor's concerns with him, coal seam gas is "predominantly a state government matter".
Mr Windsor says he has "had enough" of the tactics of coal seam gas companies which are exploring large areas of prime arable land in Queensland and New South Wales.
ABC News
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