Queensland Government ministers are this week discussing a public register of coal seam gas company payments to landholders.
The LNP campaigned for last month's election on a platform that included the register.
It says making the deals public will allow farmers to make informed decisions about land access agreements.
The farmer lobby group AgForce opposes mandatory disclosure of private arrangements, saying also that it's not fair to compare individual farming enterprises.
The group which represents the CSG industry, the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, says it has no issue with the public disclosure of agreements.
It says industry has for some time agreed to remove confidentiality clauses from agreements when requested by the landholder.
ABC Rural
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