PHOTO: The NSW Government continues to promote new gas exploration desipte years of protest from multiple opponents (PHOTO: protest message in the Pilliga Forest in 2017)
Farmers across the Western Plains, including the Coonamble district, are calling on the NSW Government to explain how it will protect groundwater, biosecurity and landholders as it promotes new gas exploration.
NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin said the concerns being raised by members were particularly relevant for communities in the state’s north-west, where agriculture and water security are closely linked.
“Farmers . . .
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