Fears coal seam gas will damage agriculture | Connect Asia

Australia has rich deposits of coal seam gas - a term that refers to the methane adsorbed into the solid matrix of the coal. Until now developments have been controlled by the states - but Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan says approvals and regulation have been 'inadequate' little more than 'camouflage' and that it's time for the Commonwealth to get involved.

Presenter: Gregg Borschmann

Senator Bill Heffernan, chair of the Senate Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee; Fiona Simpson, grazier and grain grower