Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator McAllister. The ABC's Landline program has reported that the Victorian Labor government is considering the compulsory acquisition of about 3,000 hectares of farming land around Horsham by a Chinese mining company to extract mineral sands. Families have been farming much of this land for generations, while other mineral sands mining operations in the region have left a legacy of damaged soils and contaminated water sources. There are also concerns about impacts on water quality in the Murray-Darling Basin. Minister, why hasn't this project come under review according to the provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conversation Act.