NSW FARMERS has questioned the motives of coal seam gas industry representatives in the crucial stakeholders group charged with bringing much anticipated mining and land use policy for the State into being.
Responding to reports the CSG industry peak body, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) would not accept farmland being quarantined from CSG exploration and development, NSW Farmers president Fiona Simson suggested if APPEA could not accept government policy it should walk away.
“All of the stakeholders are sitting around the table knowing what the government policy is and knowing there needs to be an upfront scientific assessment with the possibility of ruling out some land for mining and CSG because of its impact on water and agriculture,” Ms Simson told The Land.
“For APPEA to sit there with that attitude – what sort of spirit are they sitting there in? They literally want it all.”
The Land
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