Landholders, the Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group, and Lock the Gate Alliance members are celebrating this morning after it was revealed troubled company Moreton Resources had withdrawn its mining lease application for an open cut coal mine on prime farmland near Kingaroy.

Landholders living near Whitehaven’s Maules Creek coal mine have been alarmed to find what they say is evidence the company has contaminated the local river system.

Fed up farmers and other concerned community members will gather in Quirindi this Saturday to voice their opposition to the Queensland-Hunter gas pipeline.

More than 2.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide could be ignored by planning authorities if the NSW Government successfully passes its Environmental Planning and Assessment (Territorial Limits) Bill.

The Berejiklian Government’s Environmental Planning and Assessment (Territorial Limits) Bill will stop consideration of greenhouse gas emissions at a time when they need more than ever to be taken into account.