Senate debates

Thursday, 22 June 2017

Questions without Notice

Coal Seam Gas Mining

2:32 pm

Photo of Matthew CanavanMatthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I will do my best. I was just going to say that it is very important for us to look at other areas of the country for gas development. Not all of those areas are coal seam gas. Some areas are in shale or tight-gas sources, where costs of production may be much lower. I take Senator Hanson's point on the concerns on health and environmental impacts in Western Queensland, ones I am very familiar with myself. As part of this package I will be taking to the COAG Energy Council a template agreement for land access to areas, including in Western Queensland, to make sure we deal with some of those concerns that certainly exist in the community.

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