Senate debates
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Questions without Notice
Coal Seam Gas
2:20 pm
Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
Given the minister's view that the regulation of coal seam gas mining is primarily a matter for state governments, is the minister alarmed at admissions made by the Queensland government's head of LNG enforcement last week that the coal seam gas industry will have aquifer and regional scale impacts, and that the Queensland government is only monitoring 10 per cent of coal seam gas wells for leaking methane and aquifer connectivity?
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