In the Land Court v’s Hancock Coal

Peter Anderson, Grazier Clermont/Alpha

brother Paul Anderson, starting pump jack

The Process of Protecting a Grazing Operation Outside

of the Proposed Mining Operation

• Objection to EIS• No precedence for projects this

size• Make Good Agreements vs Make

Good Provisions• Negotiations with the Multi-

National and multiple personnel• Breakdown of Negotiations• Land Court of Queensland- Hancock

Coal Pty Ltd v Kelly & Ors and Dept. of Environment and Heritage Protection (No.4) [2014] QLC 12

• The decision by Member Smith• The fallout and costs, still no MGA

Suggestions for amendments to the Water Act

• The distance from the mining lease where a miner should be required to enter into MGA with Landholders

• Time Frame for MGA• Level of drawdown to trigger MGA• Cumulative modelling• No landholder should be left in the

position of going into the Land Court to seek security over their groundwater hence their business & livelihood

“Water is where you find it”The late Neil Anderson, “Glenlea Downs”, Clermont