THE Australian Greens have accused the two major political parties of burying their heads in the sand after they rejected the Greens' proposal last week, for a broad-ranging, nation-wide Senate inquiry on Coal Seam Gas (CSG) mining.
The ground-breaking inquiry would have investigated the potential irreversible damages and down-stream impacts of CSG mining on farmland and water resources, in areas outside of the Murray Darling Basin.
But Greens CSG spokesperson QLD Senator Larissa Waters expressed frustration at the attitudes of the government and coalition, saying they had instead chosen to remain in the dark about the real impacts of CSG mining in Australia, by voting down her proposal.
“We’ve just seen an incredibly disappointing but perhaps unsurprising vote in the Senate against taking any action on CSG - despite the huge community concern about this rapacious, dirty and risky industry, which of course is risking our land and our water and the future of our rural communities,” she said shortly after the result.
Ms Waters said the Green’s inquiry would have looked at the big picture of CSG mining across Australia, including its impacts on communities, health, the economy, the nation’s coasts, land and environment.
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