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1. NSW farmers take on BHP Billiton

   community consultation and preliminary water studies on the area's aquifers — which water the ... (CCAG), "We cannot afford to have these water supplies damaged, cracked, polluted and drained away. ... The aquifers grow our food and provide water for people, animals and the environment. The miners do ...

2. Western Sydney close to winning against waste incinerator plan

   schools. Prospect Reservoir, part of Sydney’s drinking water catchment and only five kilometres from the ...

3. Victoria the first state to outlaw fracking

   gas mining because of the potential contamination danger to water resources and agricultural land. At ... than five years to get their area and the water catchment protected. We need a similar ban on fracking ... There is no real way of delivering protection to food-growing areas and our precious water supplies in ...

4. NSW sexual consent law must be changed

   waters and, potentially, make most men rapists. But for most people, the idea of practising consent is ...

5. Protesters take aim at gas conference

   water, air, and soil – and our prime food producing agricultural lands.” Key industry and departmental ... introduced a bill to ban CSG mining in special areas of Sydney's water catchments. The bill was tabled ... contamination of the water supply. Wilson became active in the anti-CSG movement two years ago after hearing ...

6. Opposition to Shenhua open-cut coal mine grows, splits Coalition

   submitted a full water management plan. Federal law stipulates that coal seam gas and large coal mining ... developments require federal assessment and approval if they are likely to have a significant impact on a water ... resource. This is known as the “water trigger”. Australia’s richest agricultural land The 35 square ...

7. Iraq protests turn up heat on corrupt elite

   are angry about the lack of electricity and water- and blame rampant government corruption. ... with plastic water bottles. The crowd insisted on meeting the governor. “The local government is always ... promising improved water and electricity, but they are liars and no longer have any credibility,” Tareq ...

8. How the Bentley blockade beat Metgasco

   evidence had emerged that linked Metgasco to former Labor politician Eddie Obeid and Australian Water ... drawn tens of thousands of supporters and raised consciousness about the irrevocable damage to water and ... land and water against corporate greed. Already there are reports that one of Metgasco's now ...

9. Thousands rally in Sydney suburb against CSG

   community? Are we willing to risk our water, our health, our future? Do we want CSG?” Benedek questioned, ... Moore said: “It’s completely insane that an industry which is such a threat to our water have had the ... red carpet rolled out for them … millions of litres of fresh water … is contaminated with every coal ...

10. Damning interim report finds fracking is toxic, unsustainable

    a choice between healthy food production or gas. It is a choice between the long-term safety of the water ... Industry expressing some concern about co-existence. The use of and contamination of water was another ... major concern for submitters. Apart from the large volumes of water the industry uses, the safe disposal ...

11. Another unexplained death in custody

    locked in jail, abandoned in isolation chambers, denied access to water, toilets and food. They have been ... commission will not be implemented. “We are also concerned that the recommendations will be watered down to ...

12. Victory for farmers as Caroona coal mine cancelled

    preliminary water studies on the area's aquifers which water the region's high agricultural yields. ... a full, independent, catchment-wide water study to be conducted ahead of any exploratory mining. But the ... the green light without comprehensive studies. CCAG said: “We cannot afford to have these water ...

13. How we can defeat the CSG goliath

    unconventional gas mining on water tables and water supplies, and the industry’s dangerous methods of extraction ... water is their life blood. Many also understand that there are sustainable energy alternatives – and ... the Northern Rivers area have sprung up to fight to protect land and water from CSG mining. At least ...

14. No role for gas, say protesters

    of the gas industry and its lack of interest in the contamination of water, including the Great ...

15. ‘Govt is giving oil and gas away for free’, tax activists say

    production in Commonwealth waters and the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) is not forecast to collect any ...

16. NSW Coalition shoots down gas reform bill

    unconventional gas industry, while repeating the lie that it could co-exist with agriculture and pristine water ... including Sydney’s water catchments, the Northern Rivers and the catchment area for the Great Artesian ...

17. Alan Jones incites violence- again

    if they want to block the protest action. Jones also demanded that the police use their new water ... cannon on the protesters. "If there's a 600,000 dollar water cannon which we've [sic] ...

18. ACF warns of radioactive waste discharge

    use for the Namba Formation water [the body of water underneath Beverly] … is for mining ...

19. Zero Waste: the clean alternative to incinerators

    eliminate all discharges to land, water or air that may be a threat to planetary, human, animal or plant ...

20. Another Black death in custody renews calls for justice

    access to water, toilets and food. They have been strangled, assaulted and sexually abused by guards. And ... that the recommendations will be watered down to be more palatable for the NT government to implement. ...

21. NSW Coalition votes to cut registered nurses from aged care

    nursing homes. “We have reports of substandard care in some places, including the watering down of pain ...

22. Knitting Nannas ask ALP for answers; get long yarn not worth knitting

    a ban on CSG mining in drinking water catchment? The second was: Would you move legislation for such ...

23. Push for tighter gas regulation in NSW

    which party would best protect land and water from coal seam gas. This bill gives all parties the chance ... areas: the Northern Rivers of NSW, core drinking water catchment areas, the recharge zone of the Great ... Legislative Assembly. For those fighting to protect their land and water from the industry — such as in the ...

24. Pro-gas pundits label activists ‘extremist fringe’

    Jeff Seeney said the NSW and federal governments’ plans for stronger water regulation on CSG projects ... around “critical” industries and face stricter mining regulations in water catchment areas. CSG critics ... say these measures are a step forward, but would not be adequate to protect water and land from ...

25. Santos faces avalanche of opposition to Narrabri gas project

    water treatment plans usually have to undergo a more rigorous examination, they are even more worried ... hydrocarbon residues. The impact of this waste water on soil is very dangerous. After a spill in 2011, tests ...

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