The Australian Associated Press reported that NSW and Victorian governments have said they will not follow Queensland’s move to ban mining exploration in urban areas.
The Queensland government announced it has banned all mining exploration on urban land or within a 2 kilometer buffer of urban land, effective from August 16th 2011.
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said that "In NSW right now there are major mining projects occurring perilously close to major centres.”
But a NSW Resources spokesperson said the state government had no current plans to impose a 2 kilometer buffer between mining and residential areas.
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu added: "We have prospecting mining rights laws here and we don't have any proposal to change them here. Farmers do have rights under Victorian law and everybody has a right to have their say but there are also mining and prospecting rights." The current ban in Queensland includes regional centres such as Ipswich, Toowoomba, Beaudesert, Rockhampton, Mackay and St George, but the state government said the current legislation may be revised to include smaller mining communities.”
The Queensland government announced it has banned all mining exploration on urban land or within a 2 kilometer buffer of urban land, effective from August 16th 2011.
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said that "In NSW right now there are major mining projects occurring perilously close to major centres.”
But a NSW Resources spokesperson said the state government had no current plans to impose a 2 kilometer buffer between mining and residential areas.
Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu added: "We have prospecting mining rights laws here and we don't have any proposal to change them here. Farmers do have rights under Victorian law and everybody has a right to have their say but there are also mining and prospecting rights." The current ban in Queensland includes regional centres such as Ipswich, Toowoomba, Beaudesert, Rockhampton, Mackay and St George, but the state government said the current legislation may be revised to include smaller mining communities.”
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