THE LIBERAL National Party coalition has broken its election promise to protect rural communities from coal seam gas extraction, according to the NSW Farmers Federation which is not going to let them forget it.
To make their case, a protest called the Protect our Land and Water Rally has been organised to march to Parliament House in Sydney next Tuesday.
"The government has not delivered on its pre-election promise to protect agricultural land and water," Michael Burt, regional manager for the NSW Farmers Federation said.
The government's Strategic Regional Land Use Policy does not deliver "upfront planning protection that clearly sets out where CSG extraction can and cannot take place," he said.
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