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.
BSA Member update and new committee
Thank you to those who attended our AGM recently. The evening proved to be an excellent opportunity for sharing and dialogue between researchers, politicians and landholders.
Cripps: I’ve enhanced landholders’ rights
Mines Minster Andrew Cripps has hit back at claims that landholder rights have been eroded under changes to laws regulating coal mining and coal seam gas developments.
Qld landholders deserve better than Cripps’ smears
Qld landholders deserve better than Cripps’ smears
Make good on water bores an obligation
Statutory ‘make good’ obligations have been extended to water bore owners affected by mineral resources projects, similar to those that presently apply to the petroleum and gas sector.
PRA: Regional Queensland deserves better
Regional Queensland deserves better. Agricultural producers did not deserve to be labelled environmental vandals under the previous government and they don’t deserve the slur made by Minister Andrew Cripps when he said…
Laws strip rural rights
Landholders have been hit hard after the Queensland Government passed a law that will take away their rights to object to resource developments.
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.