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Maybe the tide is starting to turn for CSG Madrum
Far north Qld council bans CSG

• AAP
• NOVEMBER 05, 2014 10:48AM

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A FAR north Queensland council has banned future coal seam gas mining in the region amid fears it will affect water quality.
DOUGLAS Shire Council lies to the north of Cairns and includes the towns of Mossman, Port Douglas and takes in the Daintree area.
Councillors voted on Tuesday to ban any future coal seam gas projects in the region.

Douglas Shire Mayor Julia Leu said there had been no CSG sites proposed in the area but the council wanted to take a proactive stance against the industry.

"Communities that really pull together make it far more difficult for mining companies to enter our shire boundaries when they know that the community is opposed to that," she told ABC Radio.

"We're very concerned about the impact on water quality and we do have some of our rivers and streams that do have origin from outside of our shire."

Ms Leu said the council would encourage neighbouring shires to oppose the CSG industry, including calling on them to back efforts by the anti-CSG lobby group Lock the Gate.

"We're going to be encouraging people to sign what's called a call to country, which is found on the Lock the Gate website," she said.

"We're also sending letters to our local state and federal members and petitioning the prime minister."

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