In my blog on coal seam gas (CSG) on 31 March, I mentioned that the newly elected New South Wales government had promised to apply a tougher assessment process to mining and coal seam gas extraction.
Politically, this is going to be difficult task for the NSW government. They will have to balance their two major political party interests - farming and big business. Exactly the two sides lined up against each other on the CSG debate.
Full story:
http://insidewater.ewater.com.au/2011/06/28/temperature-rises-on-coal-seam-gas/