Justin Field MLC
  • News (current)
  • Issues
    Climate Change CSG Moratorium Bill Fire Moratorium on Logging Now
  • About Justin
  • Take Action
    Sign a petition
  • Shoalhaven and South Coast
    Shoalhaven and South Coast Media Local Issues

Right to farm the Bylong Valley Bill to be introduced to NSW Parliament

Right to farm the Bylong Valley Bill to be introduced to NSW Parliament
24 October 2019

Independent MP Justin Field has today given notice in the NSW Legislative Council of a Bill to protect the Bylong Valley from future mining or gas development. The Mining Amendment (Right to Farm the Bylong Valley) Bill will seek to prevent future mining or coal seam gas exploration or development in the Bylong Valley, protecting the farming value of the valley for the future.

 The proposed Bill follows the recent decision by the Independent Planning Commission to refuse Kepco’s Bylong Coal Project. Bylong Valley farmers have also launched an advertising campaign for permanent protection from mining, criticising what they have described as an ‘insulting’ campaign by the NSW Minerals Council and calling on the NSW Government to protect the Bylong Valley. 

Independent NSW MP Justin Field said, “This bill is simple. It seeks to ensure the Bylong Valley is never mined and is protected for its value as a food producing valley. The Bylong community have faced uncertainty over mining and gas proposals for over a decade. It’s time they had certainty for their future so farmers can reinvest in their properties knowing they won’t face future mining and gas proposals. 

“I remember visiting the Tarwyn Park property, the home of Natural Sequence Farming, back in 2012. That this shining example of regenerative farming had to be sold to a coal company is a real indictment on the failures of NSW laws to protect important agricultural land. This bill is an opportunity to turn things around in the valley and to recognise that quality food producing land and the water it relies on should be protected from mining.

Share Tweet

Continue Reading

Narrabri Underground coal expansion approval will drive further climate catastrophe

1 Apr 2022

Independent MP seeks to rule out future compensation for floodplain harvesting irrigators

1 Apr 2022

Independent MP calls on NSW Forestry Minister to halt plans to extend North Coast logging contracts

1 Apr 2022

NSW Legislative Council disallows floodplain harvesting regulations for third time

25 Feb 2022

Show all posts

Authorised by J. Field, NSW Parliament, Macquarie Street Sydney

We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this country as the first inhabitants, and the custodians of the lands where we live and work. We pay tribute to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and give respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

 

Contact Us

Created with  NationBuilder