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the North West NSW Great Coal & Gas Rush
OZ -Chinese pay top $ for farms
ABC- Selling the farm
SMH - Mine air pollution
SMH - Gas delayed. New EIS.
Local coal mine set to expand.
Don't like Super tax? Sell mines!
Landline - Qld CSG 9/5/10
ABC Stateline - criticism of Mining Land Bill amendment
ABC -Mine Bill 'lawyers feast'
SMH. 'Coal cold comfort' 17/3/10
SBS TV food series reviews our local food issues
Mining Council complains - ABC audio
Officials gagged over mine - SMH
Gas issues in Qld - SMH
Hope Town - ABC report on BHP exiting mine boom town.
Adams on coal mining.
Shenhua mine plan proceeding
ABC TV feature Liverpool Plains again
New GetUp anti coal TV ad.
Qld Farmers update Senate Food Enquiry.
Mining threat not over.
BHP studying proposed large Caroona underground mine
Mining Conference: Mining better than Ag, less damaging claim.
State Government knew about Power Station arsenic pollution for 2 years, did nix..
Macdonald: Plains to be mined.
Water study timetable?. Meeting.
Shenhua FIRB ruling washup.
SMH 23rd July mining editorial
Media reports on July NSW Parliamentary demonstration:
SMH, Fin Review, Tamworth Leader, ABC radio & news. Draper. PrimeTV
Macdonald: "Mining more important than farming"
SMH - Toxic waste in town water. GPs concerned.
SMH story 30th May on our coal & gas issues,with followup support letter.
Santos to resume seismic testing -ABC
Hidden costs of fossil-fuel power - SMH
Guy Pearse -Quarterly Essay "Quarry Vision"
Crikeys take on Big Coal V's Science
Gov'ment dirty coal failure - SMH
Mining investment to be slashed -SMH
CCAG supports Gloucester struggle.
Gloucester residents mining rally.
World Water bankruptcy: Davos Report -SMH
PR spin- How miners hides bad news
Big coal mine labour sackings -Courier Mail
Nats choose miners over food producers
Greens support Windsor's water study Senate amendment
Mines and Communities: BHP Billiton accused of half-truths and evasions.
Daily Telegraph report on childrens toxic drinking water
adverse effects of mining - a Qld perspective
The Herald reports on coal mines plans to dump mine water into river

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Major Supreme Court win for CCAG

Friday, 05 March 2010 18:35

"I order that the decision of the Warden’s Court as well as the determination which accompanied it and the interim and final determinations of the arbitrator, be quashed and set aside." N.S.W. Supreme Court Justice Schmidt.

CCAG response. Full Decision transcript here.

'We thank all our supporters fighting for clean food and water supplies, and the Australian Farmers Fighting Fund (AFFF) for their support.'

Media: The Land, ABC radio, Leader, SMH , Australian

L&E Court Case Continues

Monday, 01 March 2010 20:24

Legal argument regarding costs allocation and access to tender documents pertinent to the validity of the EL6505 exploration licence resumed today in the Land & Environment Court.

There was a great deal of discussion as BHP fought very hard to prevent the Caroona Community from having access to the original tender documents. We ask the question - what have BHP got to hide?

The case continues 26th March.

Koala CEO visits blockade

Sunday, 28 February 2010 00:00
https://www.savethekoala.com/deborahtabartsdesk.html

SOSLP invite The Premier Working Mum

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 11:27

Knowing that Kristina Keneally loves her trips to the Bush and is a proud Working Mum, in common with many SOSLP members, the women of the district are writing to invite her to visit Caroona soonest.

We want her to see where NSW gets its Weet-Bix and toast from. We want to show her how WE consistently deliver 40% more than any other foodbowl area in NSW.

We want her to understand how much our water supplies matter to the ecosystem, food production and towns people of this country region and that we value our unpolluted contribution to the MDB.

We want her to see what her government, through short term expediency, is preparing to put at irreparable risk.

Rally Raises Rights Issues in Canberra

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 09:10

Liverpool Plains farmers joined nearly 3000 other farmers and landholders in Canberra yesterday to protest about the erosion of freehold property rights.

Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce spoke to the farmers in front of Parliament House with Mr Abbott pledging that no party he was associated with would remove land rights without compensation. In this election year, the current Agricultural Minister chose not to attend......

Gas Glut – CSM less loved

Monday, 01 February 2010 08:00

With a glut of gas coming onto the market, huge upfront capital costs and wary customers, CSM projects, such as the one Santos hopes to exploit from the Liverpool Plains foodbowl area, are looking less economically viable than ever.

Financial viability and technical feasibility of CSM, and CSM for LNG in particular, has of course been questioned before by market analysts and other players in the LNG market, like Woodside's CEO. Santos' response to these shakier market conditions has of course been a marketing splurge, including sponsorship of the Australian cycling Tour Down Under with Santos' latest tagline “Not just an energy company, a company with energy”.

Or more accurately: an aquifer-draining energy company with a low quality, polluting carbon source no one wants to buy! (Shhhhush don't tell the shareholders!!)

Tony Abbott makes Position Crystal Clear

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 20:49

On his way to visit Liverpool Plains farmer Cam McKellar, whose farm is "a world leader when it comes to carbon capture in soil", Tony Abbott MP had this to say again

st mining on the Liverpool Plains:
"Okay, well plainly the big issue as Senator Williams has just alluded to is the prospect or the threat, if you like, of mining in some of Australia’s best agricultural land. Now obviously we support the mining industry as we support the agricultural industry. It’s important that we have a strong agricultural sector just as it’s important that we have a strong mining sector. The message I am getting loud and clear from locals is that they don’t want to destroy this agricultural breadbasket with mining and the position that the Coalition parties have adopted in the federal parliament is that there is no way there should be any mining in this very important agricultural region until such time as a very, very thorough water study is done and we can be absolutely crystal clear that mining can take place without damaging the agricultural prospects of this region."
We thank Mr Abbott, Federal Liberals and Nationals for their support. (Full interview)

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Food Fight

Latest from your foodbowl .....

Water study consultant appointed.

Qld introduces CSG information portal.

Qld proposes to quarantine land for food.

Water study reportedly referred to ICAC

Ministers confirm study funding after Ferguson visit.

Qld farmers organize to fight CSG expansion.

NSW Government legislation amendment
CCAG on miners deception
CCAG on exploration 'halt'

SOS Liverpool Plains urge buy back for Australia

NSW Government V's Supreme Court ruling-
Macdonalds new legislation here.
CCAG comments.
Greens position.
NSW Farmers comment
NSW Bar Association condemns cynical
move

Haystack Road Coal4 Breakfast - excellent latest newsletter regarding protection of Prime Ag Land in QLD

Blockade standdown -
NSW Greens support
NSW Farmers comment.

Supreme Court appeal - Decision here.
Tony Windsor MHR comments
NSW Greens comment

Abbott opposes mining before water study

Environmental Hazards of Oil & Gas Exploration

Commonwealth Intervention on MDB :-
CCAG supports commonwealth intervention of this vital resource.

Senate Food Enquiry :-
Peter Draper MP responds .
Tony Windsor MHR responds.
Senator Scott Ludlam responds.

Mine Field

3rd Sept Water Study process

20th June Court ruling released

1st June Local Council promotes mining

20st May Land Access Bill passed.

1st April BHP to appeal ruling. No joke!

24th Mar Blockade lifted. Thank you letter to all participants.

18th Mar Coalition says it intends to protect MDB floodplains and support Tony Windsor's Amendment to the Water Act.

10th Mar NSW Mining Council 'sky is falling' after CCAG court win. CCAG responds.

2nd Mar Coal V's Ag in Hunter Valley - mp3 audio debate here.

15th Feb CCAG in Mudgee visit - more water under threat.

3rd Feb Sir Lunchalot finally to visit Caroona in March. Expects silver service.....Details TBA.

14th Jan BHP seeking legal costs reimbursement after judgement handdown

6th Jan Court judgment on mining licence validity, ABC, SMH.

10th Dec Dr Van Stennis talks on coal particle pollution.

25th Nov Study consultants appointed.

24th Nov RiversSOS in landmark case with Planning to protect NSW water supplies

8th Nov Taste of the Plains @ Caroona

29th Oct Water study funding failure confirmed.

17th Oct Water study funding crisis?

1st Oct. Alan Jones talks to CCAG's spokesman Tim Duddy.

28th Sept Gunnedah- Senate hearings

18th Sept. Senate Enquiry into Food Production in Australia transcript.

17th Sept. Shenhua to snub Senate?

20th August. Senate enquiry calls for submissions

4th August. Local miner fined in court.
CCAG commences court actions.

20th July. ABC 4 Corners - 'The Good Earth'

& CCAG celebrates community blockade 1st anniversary.

16th July. Gunnedah Mining Warden again favours BHP in latest case.

July. Crikey Report: CSIRO scientists spruiking for the coal industry?. Seen at the blockade last week, Senators Joyce and Williams, MP Mark Coulton and various media crews.

24th June. Access arrangements decision to be taken to the Court of Appeal, with continuing AFFF support.

17th June. Senator questions Wong about exploration pollution.
Nationals put motion in Senate supporting prime agricultural land. Read a personal analysis of this motion here.

4th June. NSW Greens new bill to safeguard Prime Ag Land and Water to be debated. Read all about it and CCAG in Namoi Valley Independent coverage here and here.

28th May. Farmers and supporters considering further legal options. Macdonald 'conflicted' - Gunnedah Basin community appeals to Premier Rees. ABC report here

21st May. Mining Warden decision , as revealed to a packed Gunnedah Courthouse.

20th May. Senators visit Blockade and later hear submissions in Gunnedah.

18th May. Read CCAG's comments on the Water Study recommendations now under review by Minister MacDonald.

13th May. 'Landholders Dispute Information' in Quirindi Advocate. More of serial polluter BHP's poor practice revealed.

28th April. Final submissions were heard at the Gunnedah Mining Warden Court. Fifty CCAG supporters were in attendance. A decision is expected before end of May.

Gunnedah Mining Warden Court: transcripts of each day are available here Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5

Farmer takes fight to miner - SMH

In maybe the final Mining Warden court hearings before being superseded by Land and Environment court, in Gunnedah earlier in April, BHP and their legal representatives confronted landholders, for access to their land .Santos has ramped up its seismic testing and its PR, inviting selected locals on a 'no photography' tour of its drilling rig at Caroona.

The State Government commissioned consulting firm 'road tested' proposed water study Terms of Reference in meetings mid March in Tamworth, Gunnedah and Narrabri.
The document was enthusiastically critiqued by community participants for its lack of balance, its time and new data collection constraints, its avoidance of risk management and its ultimate irrelevance to Government policy.

In the NSW parliament Minister MacDonald responded robustly to recent events.

Where was the Blockade?