Buckingham joins tractor convoy to protest Shenhua coal mine
MEDIA RELEASE - 21 August 2015
The Greens NSW mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham today will join Liverpool Plains farmers on a convoy of tractors driving from Gunnedah to Breeza, to protest the Shenhua Watermark coal mine proposed for the fertile agricultural area. Mr Buckingham has spent the week at AgQuip in Gunnedah where the mood is firmly against coal and coal seam gas.
The tractor convoy leaves Gunnedah at 1pm and will drive to the Breeza Hall for a BBQ.
“The Greens are standing shoulder to shoulder with the community of the Liverpool Plains to oppose the Shenhua coal mine and I’m proud to join this tractor convoy as an expression of determination that people power will stop this mine, if governments fail,” said Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham.
“I’ve spent the past few days at the AgQuip festival and I can tell you that farmers from all over NSW are dead-set opposed to mining in good agricultural areas.
“We’ve given away many thousands of ‘Farms Not Coal’ stickers, which will be soon be appearing on utes, trucks and cars around the state.
“There is a steely determination among the community that this Shenhua mine must not go ahead. If they try to build this mine it will be the Farmers’ Franklin, with thousands of people willing to put themselves on the line to protect the land and water.
“The Greens continue to deepen links with farming and country communities and fill the void left by a weak and subservient National Party.”
It is a pity the Nationals have betrayed their origins. Lambey is brave. We must stop Abbot’s vandalism of basic rights. He is a bogan and the worst PM ever. Jeremy remember the Larzac movement- we need sheep camping under Parliament House Canberra.
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