We'll reap what we sow
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INDEPENDENT member for New England Tony Windsor has warned he will invoke his deal with Prime Minister Julia Gillard in order to force Labor to protect "sensitive" farmland from mining and coal-seam gas projects.
Mr Windsor reportedly told the media yesterday that he intended to introduce a private member's bill into parliament during the August sitting to push the federal government to declare certain areas - including the blacksoil in the Liverpool Plains of his New England electorate - off-limits to the controversial developments.
"There's a collision point coming between the farm sector and the mining sector on these sensitive lands," Mr Windsor said.
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