Our letter published in the QCL { 22/3/2018}

The BSA submitted to the State Development, Natural Resources & Agriculture Industry Development Com. re the proposed MWOLA Bill. BSA was then asked to present before a committee hearing , attempting to prevent a reduction in landholder’s existing rights thereby favouring the resource sector. Our letter published in the QCL { 22/3/2018} details some of our concerns.

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The BSA’s submission is No 20 of 30 submissions on the below link to the Senate Inquiry.

The BSA’s submission is No 20 of 30 submissions on the below link to the Senate Inquiry.

This is the link to all the submissions published by the committee:

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/…/Submissions

Given the impacts of the Coal Seam Gas Industry on the groundwater resources of the Surat Basin and the Great Artesian basin, the BSA is grateful for the opportunity to lodge a […]

Proposed outrageous DNRM amendments to the Mineral & Resources Common Provision Act guts landholders rights once again. To fight back attend our AGM on Oct 13 in Chinchilla

Dear Editor –

Changing just two words in the Mineral and Resources Common Provisions Act, as is proposed in the amendment Bill currently before Parliament, would rob many land owners or occupiers of their right to compensation, especially in the coal seam gas areas.

Compensatable effects are currently those from resource activities occurring within the tenement and relating to the claimant’s […]

APPEA Boss does not provide “moments that thrill” for landholders concerned about the sustainable future use of the GAB.

Letter to Editor re Rhys Turner:

The Australian Petroleum Production and Production Assoc.’s Rhys Turner’s attack on those diabolical green activists {QCL Aug 24} is long on industry rhetoric but very short on a truthful analysis of the unsustainable legacy that the “unconventional “ and coal seam gas industries are leaving on the aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin {GAB}.

Mr. […]

BSA supports Galilee Basin landholders in their water fight with coal miners

BSA’s Letter to the Editor – Qld Country Life.

The Basin Sustainability Alliance {BSA} commends Bruce Currie’s Ed Op piece (QCL 6 Oct) and supports the basic principles he is fighting for. For too long – Galilee Basin landholders have lived with the debilitating uncertainty of the potential impacts of proposed coal mines on their stock & domestic water supplies. […]

The Basin Sustainability Alliance’s Submission on the Draft Great Artesian Basin & Other Regional Aquifers (GABORA) Water Plan and the Draft GABORA Water Management Protocol.

BSA Chairman Lee McNicholl says,“This is a must read for anyone truly concerned about the sustainable management of the GAB”. Download the Submission document below:

The Basin Sustainability Alliance’s Submission on the Draft Great Artesian Basin & Other Regional Aquifers (GABORA) Water Plan and the Draft GABORA Water Management Protocol – PDF

Letter from George Houen regarding EPOLA submissions

Letter from George Houen regarding the EPOLA submissions

Groundwater in the news

Read George Houen’s Letter to the Editor regarding the Governments mine dewatering amendments here>
 

Letter to the Editor from George Houen

Letter to the Editor from George Houen

Submission for the Mineral and Energy Resources Bill 2014

BSA has recently submitted our reccommendations on the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Bill 2014.