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Queensland asked to consult traditional owners, scientists before examining Channel Country fracking plans
Traditional owners and environmental groups in Queensland’s Channel Country are imploring the State Government to pause consideration of applications for petroleum leases in the region until independent scientific assessments and stakeholder consultation are conducted.
Key points:
- The State Government in considering 11 applications for petroleum leases in Origin Energy’s name
- The leases cover more than 250,000 hectares of environmentally sensitive land in Queensland’s Channel Country
- Traditional owners and environmental groups want a moratorium on considering the application until stakeholder consultation is done
Eleven applications for petroleum leases across more than 250,000 hectares of land in the Channel Country bioregion of the Lake…
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