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Farmers call for national fund to protect against coal seam gas

A group of Queensland farmers say they can’t get adequate insurance and are calling for a national compensation fund to be set up to protect landholders from possible future claims relating to coal seam gas.
Key points:
- A group of Queensland farmers are calling for a new levy on the gas industry to fund a national scheme to protect against impacts of coal seam gas
- Australia’s largest insurer no longer provides public liability insurance for farms with gas infrastructure
- Farmers can still get public liability insurance, but experts say that will exclude coal seam gas activity
They say insurers won’t commit to cover farmers for liability caused by infrastructure remaining on, or under farm land after a gas company has withdrawn from drilling…
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