The NSW Farmers’ Federation has organised this rally to force the State government to provide real protection for the water and land we all need to live. To protect food production and water resources, we must have:
- Genuine upfront planning that does not subject our most productive and sensitive areas to the risks and uncertainty of exploration;
- Independent protection for water right across the state that applies before mining and coal seam gas activities interfere with those resources.
Coal markets are in decline, and we don’t need coal seam gas to generate electricity. The government claims it will not permit damaging exploitation of coal or CSG; if you won’t let them exploit, why let them explore?
Protecting food and water resources is not an issue for party politics or political ideologies. How can you have a good political barney if there’s no water to grow the beverages that fuel it? Next Tuesday, join the farmers, the Sydney Food Fairness Alliance, Lock the Gate, the CWA, the Nature Conservation Council, the Hunter Valley Wine Industry Association, Southern Highlands Coal Action Group, and many more.
Update 2 May 2012
Transport and meeting point details removed
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