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12 Nov 05:30am

Filed under: Gladstone, Great Artesian Basin, Lng Project, Natural Gas

Australia’s burgeoning liquified natural gas industry is no laughing matter for Central Queensland farmers faced with falling property prices and a growing maze of gas wells on prime agricultural land.

Something stinks. Picture: David Martinelli.

With the recent green light for two controversial multi-billion dollar LNG projects, and a third granted conditional State Government approval this week, a national land rights organization has urged landholders to exercise “extreme caution” in dealing with gas exploration ventures.

Many farmers themselves are madder than Jumping Jack Flash and threatening a “Lock the Gate” campaign.

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