[Greens-Media] ALERT: Farmers & Greens unite to oppose BHP coal mine

[Alison Orme]

MEDIA ALERT - 19 September 2006

Farmers & Greens unite to oppose BHP coal mine

NSW Greens and Gunnedah farmer Tim Duddy will comment on a proposed BHP Billiton coal mine on the Liverpool Plains of north-western NSW.

The coal mine is proposed for the “land of sweeping plains” that Dorothea Mackellar OBE immortalised in Australia’s most famous poem, “My Country.”

Where:	Level 6, Media Conference Room, NSW Parliament 
When:	10.30am, Wednesday 20 September 2006
Who:	Greens MP & mining spokesperson Lee Rhiannon and farmer Tim Duddy, Caroona Coal Action Group
 
Protests against the expansion of the coal industry hot up today when farmers and locals from the Liverpool Plains protest outside a coal industry conference in Gunnedah.

Many local farmers, opposed to a proposed BHP Billiton coal mine, will boost numbers at the protest.

Local Gunnedah farmer Tim Duddy and Lee Rhiannon will comment on the threat to the environment and communities as a result of the coal mining industry.

For more information:  Lee Rhiannon: 9230 3551, 0427 861 568