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Lock The Gate president Drew Hutton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

January 21, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anti-mining group “Lock The Gate” says large tracts of farmland in the Nanango electorate are threatened by coal mining.<\/p>\n

Lock the Gate Alliance president Drew Hutton said coal exploration permits covered 281,417ha of the electorate, including water catchment areas for Wivenhoe Dam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis threat to our foodlands and our water is absolute lunacy,\u201d Mr Hutton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur agricultural industry employs more Queenslanders than mining and needs to be valued, not ruined for short-term gain.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Esk Community Action Group, Janine Godfrey, said the State Government was favouring mining companies over local residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a resource that is far more precious than coal here in Nanango and that\u2019s clean drinking water,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s about time the government represented the people over the mining magnates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lock The Gate said coal mining was one of the smallest employers in Queensland, with just 1.2 per cent of employment, and coal mining was 80 per cent foreign-owned, meaning profits go overseas.<\/p>\n

However, last year coal companies operating in Queensland received around $1.5 billion in taxpayer support, largely in the form of rail and port infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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The Lock The Gate Alliance has released this map of coal exploration permits in the Nanango Electorate as at January 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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