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		<title>Wollombi Valley Online News</title>
		<description>News from Wollombi Valley</description>
		<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/</link>
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			<title><![CDATA[From the Mayors Desk - 18 May 2012]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday 4 May at Parliament House the Annual Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon was held which honours ladies over 90 years old for service to the community. Cessnock Business and Professional Womens Association invited three ladies from our LGA, these being Mary Campbell, Joy Manning and Margaret Agnes Munro for their great service to our community.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8043</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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			<author><![CDATA[Alison Davey]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lock the Gate calls for communities right to veto mining in SRLUP submission]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Lock the Gate Alliance submission to the NSW Governments Strategic Regional Land Use Policy has called for communities to be given a veto right over exploration, mining and gas production in their regions. 

Recommendation 8 of 12 in the submission reads: "Introduce a process to enable local communities to be able to say no to mining and petroleum exploration or production in their areas.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8042</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:56 +1000</pubDate>
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			<author><![CDATA[Wollombi Valley Online]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Darts Energy announces they will not drill in St Peters: Community group Stop CSG Sydney remains cynical.]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Stop CSG Sydney welcomes the ASX announcement today that Dart Energy will not drill in St Peters. However after 18 months of dealing with Dart Energy they remain cynical and will not abandon their campaign until the well is completely off the table.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8041</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:49 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8041</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Jacinta Green]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coal seam gas plans for St Peters never had permission to go ahead]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Residents of St Peters have been shocked to discover the company that planned to drill for coal seam gas in their community never had a formal land access agreement with the owners of the proposed site.

This news comes just days after Marrickville Council voted unanimously to prohibit CSG on the site in question as a condition of the council issued development renewal. The St Peters site is owned by Dial A Dump and is home to a waste and recycling facility. The decision made by Marrickville Council on Tuesday 8 May permits Dial A Dump to continue operations provided it does not allow any CSG activity on the site.]]></description>
			<link>http://www.kateausburn.com/2012/05/09/csg-in-st-peters-never-had-permission-to-go-ahead/</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:33 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8040</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Kate Ausburn]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marrickville Council unanimously backs residents in a big win effectively banning Coal Seam Gas from St Peters.]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Marrickville Councillors backed residents campaigning against coal seam gas in the inner city tonight when they voted unanimously to support a new condition on agreeing to the development application of a waste recycling business - to prohibit coal seam gas mining.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8039</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:57 +1000</pubDate>
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			<author><![CDATA[Jacinta Green]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inner City Council votes	 to LOCK THE GATE - A huge win as inner city anti-coal seam gas campaigners gets unanimous support from local council to Lock the Gate on Coal Seam Gas.]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Stop CSG Sydney, one of many community groups part of the Lock The Gate Alliance, had a monumental win in the anti coal seam gas campaign last night. Marrickville Council voted unanimously to make approval of a Development Application conditional on no Coal Seam Gas development taking place on approved site.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8038</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:50 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8038</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Jacinta Green]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[NSW SRLUP Submission extended to 14th May]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Submissions to the NSW Strategic Regional Land Use Plans has been extended to the 14th of May.

Please get your submission in and encourage friends and family to do likewise]]></description>
			<link>http://haveyoursay.nsw.gov.au/regionallanduse</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8037</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Wollombi Valley Online]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[LEARD FOREST NEXT BIG BATTLEGROUND IN MINING FIGHT]]></title>
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			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8035</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 08:49 +1000</pubDate>
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			<author><![CDATA[Wollombi Valley Online]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Report confirms Coal Seam Gas a risk]]></title>
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			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8034</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 08:21 +1000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New South Wales parliamentary inquiry shows Queensland the way on coal seam gas]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The New South Wales upper house inquiry into coal seam gas is set to issue a report today recommending the NSW government should cease issuing production licences for coal seam gas production until a comprehensive framework for regulating the industry is developed.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8033</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 14:21 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8033</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[From the Mayors Desk - 1 May 2012]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Anzac Day this year was well attended by the community and I have noticed the crowds are growing stronger attending in larger numbers. It is good to see that many of our youth attend this special occasion and they do not forget the contribution that our servicemen and women have made over the years to ensure the safety and well being of our Country and its people.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8036</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 10:50 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8036</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Alison Davey]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Government warned: Dont try to divide farmers and environmentalists]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Lock the Gate Alliance has warned the New South Wales Coalition that it risks losing the support of much of the rural vote it received at the last election if it continued to pursue its current policies on mining and coal seam gas.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8031</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:54 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8031</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bellata (Home to world famous Bellata Gold Pasta) withdraws social licence for CSG, Hartcher must do the same, or will be seen as supporting CSG Worst Practice]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Bellata, Gurley, Terry Hie Hie farmers withdraw social licence from Leichhardt Resources: Hartcher must now withdraw government licence

The Bellata Gurley Action Group Against Gas (BGAGAG) has lodged a submission to the Director General (DG) of Trade &amp; Investment objecting to the renewal of PEL470 held by Leichhardt Resources Pty Ltd.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8030</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:25 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8030</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Penny Blatchford]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[The vast antique Pilliga Forest]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[When word went out to environment groups, students and regional media that another Coal Seam Gas tour of Australias most threatened semi-arid forest was on, the response was wide and enthusiastic. Last Friday in front of the National Parks Pilliga Forest Discovery Centre in Barradine, a large group from all ages and walks of life, gathered for the tour. Coming from Queensland to ACT and points in between, the group assembled to find out more about the Pilliga Forest and the threat of coal seam gas. Inside the discovery centre at Barradine, displays show the diversity of wildlife to be found in this vast antique forest.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8029</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:29 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8029</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Jacinta Green]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rich Land, Wasteland by Sharyn Munro is now available]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The book on how coal is killing Australia]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8028</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:52 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8028</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Carlie Harris]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lock the Gate Alliance call its members to action on 1 May]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lock the Gate President Drew Hutton calls on all supporters to Rally against the Governments weak Land Use Plans on 1 May @ Martin Place Sydney]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8027</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:07 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8027</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Justin Field]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lock the Gate warns CSG committee to back moratorium]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lock the Gate Alliance President Drew Hutton has warned Shooters and Fishers Party MP and Coal Seam Gas Inquiry chair Robert Brown that he risks a backlash from the bush if the inquiry report does not recommend a moratorium on coal seam gas exploration and production in NSW.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8026</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:39 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8026</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Good science and balanced development must guide new LNP government in Queensland]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Lock the Gate Alliance today congratulated Queensland Premier Campbell Newman whose government yesterday ruled out approving the Acland and Felton coal mines on the states Darling Downs and called on him to make science and balanced development the key themes of his term of office.

Lock the Gate president, Drew Hutton, said it was obvious Mr Campbell was going to make quick and decisive changes to the way things worked in Queensland and he was hoping Lock the Gate could work with the new government instead of going to war with it, as they had to do with the previous Labor government.

"Mr Newman has made a good start. The Acland and Felton projects should never get approval because they are on good agricultural land and in closely settled areas. Such places are not suitable for high-impact mining," Mr Hutton said.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8025</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:09 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8025</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hutton condemns Palmers mischievous defamation]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, responded with disgust to todays news that mining magnate, Clive Palmer, had made his defamatory comments about him to distract the media from negative stories about the LNP.

"Clive Palmer has simply made any defamation case against him more winnable because his comments were made knowing they were wrong and for mischievous, opportunistic reasons," Mr Hutton said.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8024</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:35 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8024</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Labor punished for selling state assets: Newman must learn the lesson]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[Lock the Gate Alliance president, Drew Hutton, congratulated Campbell Newman on his election victory last night and welcomed his statement that he would govern for all Queenslanders.

Mr Hutton said the LNP should learn from the mistakes of the Bligh government which had been rightly punished by the voters.

"Anna Blighs complete failure to appreciate the traditional nature of Queensland politics and the widespread belief that state assets should not be flogged off because the government cant balance the books led to the almost complete obliteration of the Labor Party in the Queensland Parliament," Mr Hutton said.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8023</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:33 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8023</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lock the Gate welcomes Labors plans to protect Bimblebox]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Lock the Gate Alliance welcome the overnight announcement by the Queensland ALP to protect nature refuges from mining, including the Bimblebox refuge near Alpha.

Alliance president, Drew Hutton, said this was a major concession by Labor and he called on the Liberal National Party to match the promise.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8022</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:37 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8022</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Media: Alliance locks the gate on Saxon Drilling]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Lock the Gate Alliance will begin blockading a training camp for coal seam gas drilling at Wellcamp on the outskirts of Toowoomba starting at 3 p.m. today.

The address for the blockade is Lot 31 Cecil Plains Road. The training camp is run by Saxon Drilling.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8021</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:40 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8021</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[Media: Coal seam gas tenements in Brisbane suburbs]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[A large coal seam gas exploration permit has been granted over a large part of Brisbanes western suburbs.

The permit, known as EPP641 is owned by BNG Pty Ltd which is a subsidiary of the large CSG company, Arrow which is, in turn, owned 50-50 by the multi-national corporations, PetroChina and Shell.

Suburbs of Brisbane covered by the EPP include Moggill, Pullenvale, Karana Downs and Brookfield and the tenement comes within a kilometre or so of the Kenmore shopping centre.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8020</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:13 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8020</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[LNP promises to protect nature refuges from mining in response to Lock the Gate questionnaire]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The LNP has agreed to refuse to allow mining in areas of high conservation value such as nature refuges in a response to the Lock the Gate Alliances policy questionnaire.

This puts the LNP on a collision course with mining magnate, Clive Palmer, whose Waratah Coal project planned to obliterate the Bimblebox nature refuge, near Alpha in the Galilee Basin. 
The LNP also promised to protect from mining the eastern Darling Downs, the Golden Triangle in central Queensland and the Scenic Rim, south of Brisbane, although they received only a disappointing 5 out of 20 on the Lock the Gate scorecard.]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8019</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:00 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8019</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Drew Hutton]]></author>
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			<title><![CDATA[NSW Governments commitment to Community Consultation under a dark cloud as Petroleum Exploration licences for the Riverina are announced in the middle of the flood crisis.]]></title>
			<description><![CDATA[The new community consultation guidelines do not apply until after the exploration licences is granted, leaving flooded farmers in Urana locked out of the the process]]></description>
			<link>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8016</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:13 +1000</pubDate>
			<guid>http://wollombi.nsw.au/news/display/8016</guid>
			<author><![CDATA[Jacinta Green]]></author>
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