Senate debates

Friday, 12 June 2020

Questions without Notice

National COVID-19 Coordination Commission, Mining

2:16 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Firefighters with decades of experience working around the Narrabri coal seam site in the Pilliga forest are terrified of the increased fire risk from gas flaring, particularly as climate change dries the surrounding bush, while farmers are terrified of the 850 wells that threaten their water supplies in the Great Artesian Basin. Will you listen to them or to Santos, because they've donated more than half a million dollars to the Liberal and National parties?

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