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    "People I've had head-on battles with I now get on with as friends," he laughed. "At Kerry we've had farmers and greenies and people like Alan Jones involved in the issue. Now he's a person that I strongly disagree with over matters of climate change, but he could not be better on his strength of conviction and his understanding of coal seam gas." Convoys of protesters from the Northern Rivers have been travelling to the blockade, which was set up by landowners angry at Arrow Energy's plan to conduct exploratory drilling in the area. Full Article at The Northern Star
    At Kerry we've had farmers and greenies and people like Alan Jones involved in the issue. Now he's a person that I strongly disagree with over matters of climate change, but he could not be better on his strength of conviction and his understanding of coal seam gas.
    SOURCE: The Northern Star 4 months ago
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States unite in CSG battle
  1. I think the coal seam gas issue has no borders. I think that if they want to drill for coal seam gas in our region to send up into Queensland then it's our responsibility to bring it to the attention of everybody that it's happening.
    SOURCE: The Northern Star 4 months ago
  2. The water connectivity is the issue here - and ensuring that our farmers (Australia-wide) have access to clean, uncontaminated water for food security and to ensure future generations are looked after ... We now know about the dangers of smoking, we now know the dangers of asbestos and now we have a sit...
    SOURCE: The Northern Star 4 months ago
  3. We've had 80-year-old farmers sitting next to 20-year-old environmentalists and you've got the whole gamut of people worried about this
    SOURCE: The Northern Star 4 months ago
  4. I feel we would cross the border to help our Queensland friends with a flood or a fire and we see coal seam gas as a common threat ... We are sure the Queenslanders would return the favour in protecting our region as well.
    SOURCE: The Northern Star 4 months ago
  5. People I've had head-on battles with I now get on with as friends
    SOURCE: The Northern Star 4 months ago

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