(This is a 2012 news story)
We have had wonderful rain, the sun is shining, the grass is growing, yet Coonamble district residents seem unaware of the impending doom that is stalking them.
It is coal seam gas mining, and the loss of our water, farmlands and town. There are PEL’s (petroleum exploration licences) over the districts of Coonamble, Walgett, Tooraweenah, Gulargambone, Gilgandra etc. – in fact, more than 70% of the State is under some mineral exploration licence or production licence.
The Coonamble and district PEL . . .
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