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.

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.

BSA dismayed by destruction of landholder rights in new law

The Queensland Government’s decision to ignore landholders’ concerns and pass a law that takes away the right for landholders and community groups to object to resource developments has left rural Queenslanders feeling abandoned, according to the BSA.

QGC moves to strip away farmers’ strategic cropping land status

BSA is alarmed to hear that landowners in the Wandoan region, who thought their properties were protected as “Strategic Cropping Land”, have been served with notices from coal seam gas (CSG) company QGC proposing to strip them of their strategic cropping land status.

Reports of CSG harmony are out of tune

BSA is extremely disappointed by the Northern Star report “How Queensland farmers reached harmony with gas companies” (8/5) which gives the false impression that the coal seam gas industry is problem-free in Queensland.

Sneaky change could allow risky ‘tight gas’ extraction in Queensland

BSA is calling on the Government to reject QGC’s application to amend an existing Environmental Authority for its Wandoan Project which would allow it to start extensively fracking to extract ‘tight gas’ in Queensland.

Liability doubts shock landholders

The long-awaited QGC Kenya water treatment plant, which officially opened on Wednesday, is not the saviour to agricultural and community water security that the government and industry are claiming it to be, according to BSA.

BSA asks CSG industry to put its water where its mouth is

The long-awaited QGC Kenya water treatment plant, which officially opened on Wednesday, is not the saviour to agricultural and community water security that the government and industry are claiming it to be, according to BSA.