In every business, every single one, we have no right to tell the owners how to run their one.

Gee Belly, if only governments and unions thought the way you think.

Who knows, owning a business may well become enjoyable again, for staff and owners alike.

Thruth is, you can run your own business any way you like, just so long as you do as you're told.

Anyway, mining V farming.

Of cause mining is much more profitable, however, unlike farming, the land owner does not get the proceeds from the sale, thanks to the thieft from previous governments.

I think mining (CSG) and farming can co exist, in many cases and, once the gas is depleted, the land remains to be farmed at a latter date, costs permitting.

That's provided the coal that the gas came from is not then mined, which is often the plan.

Yes rehctub, it is often mined after the gas is extracted, & isn't that a good idea. Should be a requirement of a lease, that the gas is extracted before mining.

Makes more sense to extract the gas, which will be lost to atmosphere during mining, before you start mining.

If only greenies were reasonably logical, they would see it the same way.

But then, greenie & reasonable or sensible, just don't go together.

That's pretty funny given the massive extinction and destruction of land that has already occurred in this country *HasBeen*

I expect that in advance of vast tracks of land being destroyed by it turning to salt post cutting down too many trees was also protested by those who had greater ecological understanding and concerns beyond the mindless obsession of short term financial gain.

And some of us are well aware of what some of the forbears of todays farmers and others did to the *Original Australians* aren't we?

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The answer to protecting farm land, has amongst the possibilities one very simple answer. Vote for other than red or blue, move to a republic, stop abusing people and children and instate sustainable and universal access to law and medicine.