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Santos runs the gauntlet as opponents rip gas plan – The Australian Financial Review
Farmers, residents and environmental activists said the project would poison the Great Artesian Basin, contaminate land and make farms uninsurable.
In May NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes directed the IPC commissioners to take into account a range of factors, including the Act’s goals of balancing the social and economic welfare of the community with development and conservation of the states resources.
Mr Brady said it was inevitable the project would “poison” the water aquifers and Santos lacked community consent for the project.
“The Pilliga will be stained; a toxic, no-go area,” he said, after a lengthy interruption when the internet …
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