BHP offers Caroona Basin assurances
Liverpool Plains Shire Council says BHP has offered an assurance it will be a responsible neighbour.
View ArticleWinsdor still calling for Liverpool Plains coal impact study
The federal MP for New England, Tony Windsor, says he will continue to press for Federal Government funding to conduct a study of the impact of coal mining on the Liverpool Plains.
View ArticleCaroona coal challenge hearings continue
Hearings are expected to continue today before the mining warden over a challenge by landowners in the Caroona area to approvals allowing surveyors to explore their properties for coal.
View ArticleCaroona group may appeal coal exploration decision
The Caroona Coal Action Group says it may appeal against a decision by the mining warden to allow BHP Billiton access to several properties to explore for coal.
View ArticleFarm blockaded in BHP protest
Protesters have blockaded the entrance to a northern New South Wales farming property to prevent an exploration team from test drilling for coal deposits.
View ArticleCoal drilling protesters maintain picket line at Caroona farm
A group of protestors is maintaining a picket line at a Caroona farm, claiming its fight to prevent exploratory drilling for coal there is far from over.
View ArticleCaroona restriction proves system works: minerals council
The New South Wales Minerals Council says BHP Billiton's decision to restrict coal exploration in the Caroona Basin shows the state's mining assessment process is robust.
View ArticleAction group pushes for mining impact study
The head of the Caroona Coal Action Group says it will continue community action until BHP Billiton agrees to help fund an independent study on the effects coal exploration and mining will have on...
View ArticleDPI 'not obliged' to share coal exploration details
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says it is under no obligation to advise local stakeholders of its plans to open new areas of the region to coal exploration.
View ArticleFarmers protest coal mine plans
Hundreds of farmers in the north-west of New South Wales are protesting about mining expansions outside a coal industry conference in the Liverpool Plains.
View ArticleFacilitator appointed for Caroona water study
The independent state Member for Tamworth, Peter Draper, says plans for a water study of the Caroona Basin are a step closer.
View ArticleWindsor confident about basin study agreement
The federal MP for New England, Tony Windsor, says he is confident the major stakeholders are moving towards agreement on a proposal to develop an independent study of the effects mining will have in...
View ArticleBrown backs study into Liverpool Plains mining
Greens' leader Bob Brown has backed a push for an independent water study into the effect of mining in the Liverpool Plains.
View ArticleGroups agree on broad principles of water study
Major stakeholders will continue meetings today to discussed the shared resources of the Namoi Valley.
View ArticleTablelands still on flood-watch
A flood-watch remains on the Macintyre and Severn rivers on the New South Wales Northern Tablelands, with predictions of more saturating rain today.
View Article$1.5m to target Namoi water study
The Federal Government has committed $1.5 million to study surface and groundwater resources in the Namoi region.
View ArticlePolice probe fatal motorbike crash
Police investigations will continue today into an accident that claimed the life of a man near Caroona overnight.
View ArticleFarmers warned over low-level flying inspections
Farmers south of Tamworth are being warned about a low-level flying inspections being conducted by Country Energy over the next fortnight.
View ArticleFarmers, Coal Mines Australia back in court
Four Caroona farmers and BHP Billiton subsidiary, Coal Mines Australia, return to the Mining Warden's Court in Gunnedah today in their dispute over property access.
View ArticleMine warden set to rule on property access row
The chief mining warden has told four Caroona farmers and BHP Billiton he expects to hand down his judgment in their property access dispute within four weeks.
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