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BHP offers Caroona Basin assurances

Liverpool Plains Shire Council says BHP has offered an assurance it will be a responsible neighbour.

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Winsdor still calling for Liverpool Plains coal impact study

The federal MP for New England, Tony Windsor, says he will continue to press for Federal Government funding to conduct a study of the impact of coal mining on the Liverpool Plains.

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Caroona coal challenge hearings continue

Hearings are expected to continue today before the mining warden over a challenge by landowners in the Caroona area to approvals allowing surveyors to explore their properties for coal.

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Caroona group may appeal coal exploration decision

The Caroona Coal Action Group says it may appeal against a decision by the mining warden to allow BHP Billiton access to several properties to explore for coal.

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Farm blockaded in BHP protest

Protesters have blockaded the entrance to a northern New South Wales farming property to prevent an exploration team from test drilling for coal deposits.

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Coal drilling protesters maintain picket line at Caroona farm

A group of protestors is maintaining a picket line at a Caroona farm, claiming its fight to prevent exploratory drilling for coal there is far from over.

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Caroona restriction proves system works: minerals council

The New South Wales Minerals Council says BHP Billiton's decision to restrict coal exploration in the Caroona Basin shows the state's mining assessment process is robust.

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Action group pushes for mining impact study

The head of the Caroona Coal Action Group says it will continue community action until BHP Billiton agrees to help fund an independent study on the effects coal exploration and mining will have on...

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DPI 'not obliged' to share coal exploration details

The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says it is under no obligation to advise local stakeholders of its plans to open new areas of the region to coal exploration.

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Farmers protest coal mine plans

Hundreds of farmers in the north-west of New South Wales are protesting about mining expansions outside a coal industry conference in the Liverpool Plains.

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Facilitator appointed for Caroona water study

The independent state Member for Tamworth, Peter Draper, says plans for a water study of the Caroona Basin are a step closer.

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Windsor confident about basin study agreement

The federal MP for New England, Tony Windsor, says he is confident the major stakeholders are moving towards agreement on a proposal to develop an independent study of the effects mining will have in...

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Brown backs study into Liverpool Plains mining

Greens' leader Bob Brown has backed a push for an independent water study into the effect of mining in the Liverpool Plains.

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Groups agree on broad principles of water study

Major stakeholders will continue meetings today to discussed the shared resources of the Namoi Valley.

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Tablelands still on flood-watch

A flood-watch remains on the Macintyre and Severn rivers on the New South Wales Northern Tablelands, with predictions of more saturating rain today.

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$1.5m to target Namoi water study

The Federal Government has committed $1.5 million to study surface and groundwater resources in the Namoi region.

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Police probe fatal motorbike crash

Police investigations will continue today into an accident that claimed the life of a man near Caroona overnight.

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Farmers warned over low-level flying inspections

Farmers south of Tamworth are being warned about a low-level flying inspections being conducted by Country Energy over the next fortnight.

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Farmers, Coal Mines Australia back in court

Four Caroona farmers and BHP Billiton subsidiary, Coal Mines Australia, return to the Mining Warden's Court in Gunnedah today in their dispute over property access.

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Mine warden set to rule on property access row

The chief mining warden has told four Caroona farmers and BHP Billiton he expects to hand down his judgment in their property access dispute within four weeks.

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