QLD:Senator Joyce caught in the CSG web

AAP General News (Australia)
08-01-2011
QLD:Senator Joyce caught in the CSG web

Nationals Senator BARNABY JOYCE has been caught up in the coal seam gas controversy
after a neighbour told him his northern New South Wales property is an exploratory target.

Ironically, the senator was sitting on a public hearing into the industry's impacts
in Brisbane last month when he was informed Eastern Star Gas was given approval to explore
CSG at his Baradine farm.

He says he's not against CSG mining, but is concerned about the environmental impacts
and the lack of rights farmers are afforded.

The Senate Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee's inquiry, will resume
tomorrow, examining whether CSG extraction will impact water resources, farming land and
property values.

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KEYWORD: CSG INQUIRY (BRISBANE)

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