Hundreds of Queensland farmers will bring their fight against coal seam gas (CSG) miners to the key Brisbane seat of Ashgrove on Monday.
The Lock the Gate Alliance against CSG say up to 300 farmers from the Darling Downs, Scenic Rim and central Queensland will front the Ashgrove campaign offices of Labor incumbent Kate Jones and her rival, Liberal National Party leader Campbell Newman, around 10.15am (AEST).
“They will throw their hats on the ground in the old traditional bushie way of saying they are ready for a fight,” Lock the Gate Alliance founder Drew Hutton told AAP.
He said farmers want guarantees from the major parties that they will protect precious farming land and underground water from the controversial fracking process used to extract CSG.
The protesters are expected to attend a food security forum in the city being hosted by talkback radio king Alan Jones at the Brisbane Exhibition and Convention Centre before marching on the government’s executive building on George Street.
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