TURNING THE INNER DOWNS INTO ONE BIG QUARRY?

NO WAY HOZAY!

Market for the end product Size and quality of the resource Existing or potential infrastructure + inputs ??Environmental impacts XXAvailability of enough space XXCommunity acceptance XXXXLicense to operate ?????

A viable coal project has to tick every box

Strategic Cropping Land Act (2011) Environmental Impact Study (EIS) including an

Impact Mitigation Strategy Environmental Protection & Biodiversity

Conservation Act (1999) Social and political acceptability

Getting a License to Establish a Large Mining Project in Qld

A story of capitulation & excessive compromise Meant to protect the of best cropping land from

permanent alienation (see Google maps) Trigger maps and zones (Eastern Darling Downs) Criteria (1.slope, 2.rockiness, 3.micro-relief, 4.soil

depth, 5.drainage, 6.soil pH, 7.chloride content, 8.water storage) X delicate tipping points

Validation – by an independent 3rd party at cost

Key aspects of Strategic Cropping Land

Four years of opposition; >100 members; money in the bank; dynamic web site; linkages to other action groups; media savvy; 100% committed to victory

We have revealed the EIS assessment process as a biased and deficient tool of development

Got the agro-political industry to join our protest against the manner in which mining is entering and desecrating rural Qld

Kept Ambre Energy looking out of place

Achievements of Friends of Felton

Too many people would be adversely affected without any prospect of compensation – this is a natural consequence of mine-related externalities and settlement density on the Inner Darling Downs

This is a beautiful & productive place that a lot of people have chosen to call home. It is not available to large scale miners

Why not coal mining RIGHT HERE?

Unless you want to see the Inner Darling Downs turned into another Hunter Valley, don’t agree to any exploration on your land – FOF has produced guidelines to assist your decision making.

Join up! The only way we are going to win this fight is through clear demonstration of our opposition. If we lead, the politicians will have to follow………

Persevere until the job is done!

What you can do………………