date:Aug 02, 2012
The Government announced it had terminated all pending applications for coal exploration activities within a 230-square kilometre radius.
A Western Australian Farmers Federation (WA Farmers) spokesman said that farmers welcomed the decision as it dealt with a mining development which WA Farmers did not support.
We note that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) said the coal mining proposal was an unacceptable risk which raises questions about coal mining outside the 230 square km exclusi