Sunday, August 31, 2008

>> Kerry Shine, MP Toowoomba North and Attorney General, speaks his mind on the Felton Coal Project

“There are understandable concerns from the community aboutissues of traffic increases, environmental concerns and the impact thatsuch a project may have upon the region. I do not take these concernsfrom the community lightly. These are important issues and I remaincommitted to ensuring that the Toowoomba region does not suffer as aresult of any proposed development. Projects such as the one proposedneed to go through a number of processes to ensure that detriment doesnot occur or that these impacts are minimised” - Please scroll down to find the full statement under a similar heading.