The NSW Aboriginal Land Council has applied for coal seam gas exploration rights in Mudgee and Wollongong, with the local area of interest covering 967 blocks about 21 kilometres south of Mudgee.
The organisation currently has five Petroleum Special Prospecting Authority Applications lodged with the Department of Trade and Investment.
Although the NSW Land Council is looking into the local area, Mudgee Aboriginal Land Council chairperson Aleshia Lonsdale said the Mudgee group had no more involvement with the application than it would with any other mining project.
“Even though they’re our state body, we’re kind of a separate entity,” she explained.
Ms Lonsdale said the Mudgee Aboriginal Land Council could only make a submission as a local stakeholder, and would base its approach on the response from the Mudgee members.
NSW Aboriginal Land Council chief executive Geoff Scott was quoted in this week’s Australian, saying the group had seen potential for CSG development in NSW.
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Lithgow Mercury
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