Lock the Gate president Drew Hutton
LOCAL Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs) in the Clarence Valley have stated their opposition to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council's application to explore for petroleum and gas in the area.
Grafton Ngerrie LALC chairman Brett Tibbett told a coal seam gas (CSG) meeting, held at South Grafton Ex-Services on Friday night, that Ngerrie was opposed to CSG despite the application by the state body.
He told The Examiner that a large portion of last week's three-day meeting on amendments to the Land Rights Act in Lismore was taken up with objections over the NSW ALC's application for petroleum exploration licences (PEL).
Bundjalung elder Reg King told the Northern Star last week that a group of Aboriginal people told visiting NSW ALC chief executive Geoff Scott that petroleum exploration was not wanted for the Northern Rivers.
Daily Examiner
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