Australian Greens spokesperson on mining, Senator Larissa Waters, has this afternoon introduced a bill to give farmers the right to say no to coal seam gas mining on their land.
"When Australia has so little good quality agricultural land, only about 1-2%, we must protect it from all other inconsistent land uses," said Senator Waters.
"Farmers should have the legal right to decide that they want to keep farming their land, rather than take the risk of possible long term groundwater depletion or contamination from coal seam gas mining." Read more »