Coal seam gas insurance clause big on spin, light on detail , lawyer says, in its bid to protect farmers
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Multiple CSG wells can be widely spread across cattle and grain properties.
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A new insurance clause is being touted by the coal seam gas industry as a solution to uncertainty about risk and liability, but landholders and lawyers say farmers are still worse off.
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GasFields Commission Queensland releases an insurance indemnity clause to help protect farmers from CSG risk
It follows a major insurer last year announcing it would no longer offer public liability insurance to landholders who host wells and infrastructure
Clive and coral don t mix Clive Palmer wants to build a coal mine 10km from the waters of the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland Government has said okay, we will consider it. No, we will not consider it. Someone needs to remind Clive and the Queensland Government that the only way coral and coal can exist together is to leave the coal in the ground. This is a very bad idea on many levels. First and foremost, is global warming, fuelled primarily by the burning of coal. The impacts on the reef are well-known and devastating. We do not need another new coal mine to add to the problem.
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