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Farmers on the Liverpool Plains are getting seriously pissed off. The NSW Government Planning Assessment Commission has just approved a Chinese Company (Shenhua) coal mine The PAC’s panellists concluded in their report that they were “generally satisfied” the area could “be mined without significant impacts to the agricultural productivity of the Liverpool Plains”. But Mr Pursehouse said the controversial project posed catastrophic risks to the region’s water resources and would threaten the Liverpool Plains’ status as one of the most productive areas in Australia. “Farmers are not going to stand for this,” he said. “You’re going to see civil disobedience, the biggest ever in Australia. northerndailyleader.au/story/2551549/farmers-ready-to-revolt-over-shenhua-mine/
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:49:25 +0000

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