CSG more pain than gain?

BSA has called on all Political parties and their candidates to address critical issues with CSG development in Queensland.

Call for candidates to address critical issues

BSA has called on all Political parties and their candidates to address critical issues with CSG development in Queensland.

Gas blow out requires serious investigation

An explosion of gas and water that occurred at disused water bore on a property in the Hopeland region near Chinchilla last Thursday requires a full independent scientific investigation, according to BSA.

Landholders worry about communication

BSA Secretary Neil Cameron was given the reception phone number at Arrow Energy to contact if he had landholder concerns after the company fired a number of its land liaison officers this week.

BSA Meet and Greet

Members, non-members, landholders, interested community members are all welcome to come along and tell us what issues you’d like BSA to be focussing on and how we can support landholders in the most effective way.

Mining coup in Queensland removes public objection rights

The Queensland government has recently removed long-standing public rights to object to mines. In shades of the Bjelke-Petersen era, Queensland mines minister Andrew Cripps made fundamental changes one minute before the bill was passed by the Parliament at 11:57pm.

CSG lessons learnt the hard way

Farmers on Queensland’s Darling Downs are hitting back at the inexorable expansion of coal seam gas (CSG) across their farms, claiming water resources are being damaged, farm operations interrupted and their way of life altered.

Defiant Cripps at Dalby talks

Defiant Mines Minister Andrew Cripps remains wedded to seeing through his controversial new mining act after staring down a tense meeting with worried landholders in Dalby last week.

Govt ‘abandons’ landholders

Landholders have been hit hard after the Queensland Government passed a law that will take away their rights to object resource developments.

BSA echoes concerns about Cripps

Newly appointed BSA President Lyn Nicholson, who was elected at the BSA AGM last week, said she can relate to the frustrations expressed by Dr Bob Morrish last week.