What great news to read that coal seam gas is off the agenda for farms on the Central Coast and further.
This news gave me some hope that the wheels are finally turning to recognise the great value of farms in our national financial security, sustainability and employment stakes. In a financial crisis, the farmers feed us. They can always sell the excess to maintain a cash fl ow as everyone needs food.
Whilst it is OK to canvass ‘brownie points” for a win and so on, let us not forget the well-stated fact that we are ‘safe for now’. The farmers all over Australia campaigned so hard against CSG and are still doing so. I hope they can finally turn opinion further and win with the Liverpool Plains and other farming areas.
Congratulations to all our persistent rural communities who have spoken up and been marginalised for so long. I do hope your efforts continue to keep that tide of recognition strengthening our rural communities.
Letter, 20 July 2015
M Pontifex,
Mangrove Mountain