Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

In my first explanation of why we were not going to support your proposed amendment, I did indicate that coal seam gas and large coalmining developments typically are large and complex. They involve infrastructure such as pipelines, dams, drilling and excavation. Some of those activities may impact on the water resource, and that is the purpose of the amendments as we are proposing them.