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-However, the NSW Government believes that local councils know their local areas better than anyone and is giving councils greater say in the planning decisions that affect their area.

• Therefore, to ensure local communities retain flexibility, local councils will be able to opt out of the exclusion areas should they wish to do so

• A council opting out does not, however, represent an automatic green light for CSG activity in the area. All proposed exploration and production activities would still need to go through the most rigorous regime of CSG regulations in the country, as outlined in the Government’s Strategic Regional Land Use Policy

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Come on RVC, time to put your words of support into action. Opt out.