Why are there not more of these stories? We at BTD wish that this vision of an empowered Queensland farming family and business, claiming and tenaciously holding every inch of legal and financial ground during protracted negotiations with a coal seam gas company, was the rule rather than the exception. Read this article in full for at least two key points of interest: (1) Mr Thompson appears to have won an unprecedented, if quiet, legal victory as evidenced by this section of the report with BTDs emphasis in capitals: A two-year negotiation process kicked off and Mr Thompson managed to get the upfront figure to about half what he believed it should be and the ongoing payment to nearly half. Only a 12-month agreement was signed though and during that period the impact on Mr Thompsons land was monitored. At the end of that time IT WAS FINALLY AGREED HE WOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT ON HIS ENTIRE LAND, not just the area where the gas wells were. That saw him achieve the level of payment he originally sought. It was bringing it to an acceptance that the work impacts the whole property - the impact is not just around the gas wells, the impact is across the whole place, Mr Thompson said... (2) To understand whether this story has a good or a bad ending overall, we will need to still be monitoring this operation in forty years. We rely absolutely solely on underground water. We only have a couple of dams. We were never going to sign-off on something we believed would lose our ability to get water, he said. The companies arent angels and squeaky clean. You need to keep a close eye on what they are doing, but as long as everyone is aware that everyone is aware, we can have our energy and food. - See more at: theaustralian.au/news/good-times-flow-from-well-of-discontent/story-e6frg6n6-1226747210575#sthash.6dq7a2Qq.dpuf theaustralian.au/news/good-times-flow-from-well-of-discontent/story-e6frg6n6-1226747210575#mm-premium
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 03:52:22 +0000
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