Unconventional Gas

Sample submission data for uwir 2021

This document contains sample submission data interested farmers can use to assist them in writing their submission to the UWIR 2021 by 26 November. https://www.resources.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/1584730/draft-uwir-2021-submission-form.pdf

Underground Water Rights Won Back

When the Government busily redesigned the regulations in Qld to enable the Gas Industry, some fundamental rights for farmers quietly fell through the cracks. Some rights were not carried forward, were bulldozed or the can … Continue Reading

GFCQ review of RPI – missing one letter – A for Agriculture

The GFCQ have released their report on their limited scope review of the Regional Planning Interests Act (RPI). This review was recommended by the Queensland Audit Office’s (QAO) performance audit report “Managing coal seam gas … Continue Reading

Darling downs prime ag land under threat

Directional Drilling by stealth, Government gone AWOL

Offering a straw house assurance in the midst of corporate wolf type activity is how to best describe the Department of Resources releasing of a ‘Directional Drilling’ fact sheet this last week. Property Rights Australia … Continue Reading

Deviated Drilling, tearing through property rights

Deviated drilling is a deeply complicated issue that is silently sneaking up on landowners, literally.  The intrusion of deviated drilling on unsuspecting landowners is coming to a head, silently.  Although PRA previously foreshadowed this issue … Continue Reading

Arrow Plan 286 Wells for Hopeland

(NEAR FORMER LINC SITE AND EXISTING UNDERGOUND WATER CONTAMINATION) Arrow Energy have put in an Environmental Authority Amendment Application to enable them to install an additional 280 gas wells in the locality of Hopeland (Priority … Continue Reading

Promises vs Weeds

In Queensland, the CSG industry’s promise to ‘minimize pests and to wash down vehicles that have been potentially in contact with pests when entering new ‘worksites’’ is not worth much. Being recognised as a Parthenium … Continue Reading

More Wells, Less Water

In Queensland, the CSG industry’s area of development is increasing, the number and density of CSG wells is increasing and the number of immediately impacted farmer’s water bores is increasing, yet only half of them … Continue Reading

Water Act