FARMERS blockades of mining trucks will escalate unless real action is taken to resolve land and water use conflict, NSW Farmers warns.
On Saturday police were called to a state forest near Gunnedah after more than 60 farmers blockaded Santos trucks amid a dispute over potential water extraction and fracking. Local communities feared the Sub-Artesian Basin and aquifers could be forever polluted if coal seam gas projects went ahead, and saw no option but to take action after the NSW Government renewed a petroleum exploration licence in the area.
NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin said…
