Stunning new protection for strategic agricultural land has been announced for Queensland.
It is aimed very squarely at coal seam gas mining, and the potential for damaging land - land of high value for agriculture.
Believed to be a first in the world situation, the Queenslnd Minister for the Environment made the announcement today. Ironically, probably in the shadow of the Indonesian live export cattle slaughter saga, which has been major media news in Australia today, so media may not have picked up on the issue quickly. it is big news!
Anyhow.........read more here.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/cropping-land-protected-from-mining/story-fn3dxity-1226066560517
There will be a lot more written over the next few weeks and months.
This is an amazing win for rural areas, in terms of land protection.
It is early days, but judging on views expressed at meetings I have been to on the Darling Downs, there will be a lot of very pleased rural landholders.
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