Macfarlane Ver. 2017 – What’s changed? A bigger salary package at Queensland Resources Council?

Why CSG is Choking Agriculture in the Surat Basin. To read the document download it here:

BSA’s Letterheaded – CSG is Choking Agriculture – PDF

Flashback to Macfarlane Ver. 2013

“If it can’t be touched without damaging the aquifers, then it shouldn’t be”??

Here is where he said this: http://www.theland.com.au/story/3586389/farmers-fear-csg-push/

Qld Government uses “fake news” to farmer bash over tree clearing

Tree Clearing Facts and State Government Spin are Miles Apart.

Queensland Environment and Heritage Minister Dr.Steven Miles has continued to reduce the quality of the scientific debate around the extent and environmental consequences of current tree clearing rates with his latest misleading comments in Townsville,  said Basin Sustainability Alliance chairman Lee McNicholl.

Dr.Miles habitually uses every opportunity to blame agricultural run […]

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

The GAB is not the “Magic Pudding”!!

Many primary producers rely on water from the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) for their livestock and domestic water supplies. Many residents of Western Queensland towns also rely on water from the GAB for their house and garden supplies. However, the future of this iconic Basin which is one of the world’s largest underground water resources is under threat.

In spite […]

AGM & Landholder Update

Members, non-members and local landholders are invited to join us at our Annual General Meeting and Landholder Update on Friday 28 October, 2-5pm at the Conference Room at the Club Hotel Chinchilla. Download the flyer here>

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Labor’s water bills don’t go far enough

BSA Chair Lee McNicholl’s Letter to the Editor in the Queensland Country Life

Calls for GasFields Commission to be scrapped

BSA Chair Lee McNicholl’s Letter to the Editor in the Queensland Country Life

Letter from George Houen regarding EPOLA submissions

Letter from George Houen regarding the EPOLA submissions