NSW farmers are outraged after National Party Member for the Upper Hunter, Michael Johnsen falsely claimed he had not been contacted by farmers worried about the deeply unpopular Santos Narrabri coal seam gas project.

A new TV ad promoting renewable energy as a better choice for NSW’s north west than polluting coal seam gasfields has begun airing on regional television stations Prime7 and NBN.

Lock the Gate Alliance and north west NSW farmers have today slammed the Planning Department’s decision to label the destructive and polluting Santos Narrabri coal seam gas “approvable”.

Kingaroy locals are relieved after a company that threatened to mine some of the best agricultural land in the state entered voluntary administration yesterday.

Lock the Gate Alliance is calling on Queensland’s Palaszczuk Government to urgently overhaul how gas companies access private land following revelations Australia’s largest insurer will no longer cover farmers for public liability if they have coal seam gas (CSG) infrastructure on their property.