AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2011
FED:Parliament to discuss two CSG bills
Federal Liberal and Labor's support for coal seam gas mining industry will be tested
in parliament this week when the Greens and a key independent MP introduce bills to increase
landowner rights and protect water quality.
Independent MP TONY WINDSOR wants to slow down the "frenzy" of development in the CSG
industry and plans to introduce a private members bill tomorrow extending existing federal
environmental laws.
In rural Queensland and NSW farmers are concerned that CSG industry's fracking process
- the injection of chemicals, water and sand at high pressures to crack rock and release
gas - will poison underground water, contaminate good agricultural soil and cause serious
health problems.
Greens senator LARISSA WATERS is due to introduce the party's bill into the Senate
on Wednesday but it will struggle for support after Opposition Leader TONY ABBOTT ruled
out backing it.
AAP RTV lpm/pjo/ar
KEYWORD: CSG (CANBERRA)
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