Just to pick up on a couple of things in the article.
" However, deep-seated public concerns over coal seam gas have forced the state government to halt all exploration activity, pending the finalisation of new rules.
Regulations for the planned two-kilometre exclusion zone near residential areas and also protecting the Hunter Valley's wine and equine industries are due ''imminently''. Prime Minister Tony Abbott was critical of the slow progress made in NSW, saying there was ''little doubt'' that the Liberal government in Queensland had handled the issues involved better, to ensure that ''landholders are reasonably content with the arrangements that have been entered into for gas extraction on their property''.
The " deep-seated concerns " were mainly held by a vocal and connected few. Secondly, it was the Labor government in Queensland which encouraged the CSG industry. The Libs/Nats were out of power the whole time.
Cheers J
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