The worried farmers of the Felton Valley have made their protest public against the Ambre Energy company’s plan to turn their land into a massive coal mine and synthetic fuel factory.
The Friends of Felton joined the Carnival of Flowers parade with their own protest float which, so they reported, got a great reception from spectators, including the dignatories.
Which showed pretty clearly there is huge public disquiet about this planned commercial invasion of pristine productive farmland. That there is public awareness can be attributed to the ABC Toowoomba News Office and to reports by WIN news.
As the float passed, even some of the Toowoomba Regional Councillors got to their feet and applauded.
Ambre’s application for a onsite office comes up for council consideration shortly. This will be a litmus test for the likelihood of future poltiical opposition to the project.
You will note from the photographs that Stuart Copeland, State Member of Parliament for Cunningham, is prominent in the protest, standing next to “No Mines” sign holder Graham Lipp.
It would have been a great sign of support if standing next to Copeland had been other members of the Oppositon heirarchy like Springborg, Seeney, Hopper and Horan. Unfortunately Copeland who has been assiduous in his support of Freiends of Felton signalled this week he was standing down from the Front Bench and was getting out of politics.
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