One more nail in the coffins of coal seam gas exploration companies with tenements in the NSW Northern Rivers region.
Monday 28 July 2014
NSW Labor Conference votes for a CSG Free NSW North Coast on 27 July 2014
One more nail in the coffins of coal seam gas exploration companies with tenements in the NSW Northern Rivers region.
Delegates at
the party's state Labor conference backed the motion on Sunday which affects
Lismore, Ballina, Clarence and Tweed electorates.
Under a state
Labor government, the CSG industry will be banned from the NSW north coast and
the Northern Rivers region.
Former
federal Labor MP Janelle Saffin told the conference, held in Sydney's Town
Hall, that the motion aligned the party's platform with community opposition to
CSG mining.
The motion
comes after the NSW government in May suspended Metgasco's drilling licence in
Bentley, in the state's Northern Rivers region.
The
suspension came just days before thousands of protesters were expected to form
a blockade at the drill site and up to 800 police officers were detailed to
monitor their activities.
Metgasco has
filed for a judicial review in the Supreme Court.
Labels:
Australian Labor Party,
Coal Seam Gas,
mining,
Northern Rivers
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Wouldn't Australia be an incredible, harmonious, compassionate place if all our politicians were the calibre of Janelle Saffin. Bless you Janelle.
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When Queensland CSG poisons the underground water its coming your way.
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