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The South Eastern Times : April 11th 2017
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10 NEWS IN BRIEF Stray livestock causes highway hazard STRAYING cattle posed a hazard to motorists on the Princes Highway at Tantanoola on Saturday afternoon. Millicent police were alerted to the presence of the dairy cattle at 1.30pm and a patrol was sent to A MILLICENT café has closed its doors after 18 months of trading. The Two Kat’s Café had occupied the former Red Rooster fast food the area at the eastern end of the so-called “Apcel Straight”. Police officers, Wattle Range Council personnel and members of the public were able to return the cattle to a fenced area. Millicent cafe closes doors restaurant on Adelaide Road. A purpose-built Red Rooster had been built on the site in 2004 and it traded until 2012. GAS MINING JUNKYARD: The abandoned Beach Energy Haselgrove South well, nestled among a radiata pine plantation south of Penola. Exploration warning Have you heard how I help people? It’s not too late to complete your tax returns. 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Address.............. ........................................................................................................ Phone ......................................................................................................................... When does Generations in Jazz start in 2017? Answer ....................................................................................................................... Drop entries into The Border Watch office, or mail to 81 Commercial Street East, Mount Gambier SA 5290 10 - The South Eastern Times, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 www.thesoutheasterntimes.com.au THE area earmarked for gas exploration in the South East sweeps across a staggering 50,000 hectares of grazing and forestry land, a regional anti-gas mining lobbyist has warned Mingbool grazier Tony Beck has spoken over the State Government’s controversial plan to open five new areas for gas exploration in the region. Alarmingly, one of these areas could be 163 metres away from the southern boundary of the world renowned Coonawarra wine naming district. Mr Beck - who has visited the potential new exploration sites - warned these new areas were just the beginning in what could be a “cancerous” spread of gas mining across the district. He vowed to visit the dozens of abandoned gas wells peppered across the regional landscape, which he has described as “abandoned junk yards”. Speaking to The South Eastern Times Mr Beck said the earmarked areas for gas expansion covered grazing land and some forestry estates and could see current, past and future gas exploration cover 50,000ha of the region. “That amount of land opened to gas mining exploration is not acceptable,” said Mr Beck, who warned he believed the number of wells drilled would balloon. TOP TIPPER: Last week’s top tipster Leonard Thrush was among many who picked a perfect nine for nine in The South Eastern Times’ footy tipping competition. Mr Thrush’s 8-year-old grandson Tobi had the honour of picking up his grandfather’s winning prize of $100 worth of vouchers. He said this agricultural land could instead be used for cropping, vineyards, horticultural enterprises or ongoing grazing. Mr Beck also fired a warning about the practice of spreading gas mining wastewater on farmland, which was already occurring in the South East. “We could see traces of this chemical cocktail pop-up in meat, which would damage the livestock industry.” The well-known prime lamb producer said one of his biggest concerns was that the proposed Haselgrove-3 mill was so close to the southern boundary of the Coonawarra naming rights district. Conceding the region could accept a small number wells, he warned these mining areas were likely to mushroom and affect farming production. “The number of oil wells in vast areas of America is now absolutely staggering,” Mr Beck said. “Once mining companies get established and they put in the infrastructure such as pipes, they won’t stop and they will keep going south towards the lower South East.” The anti-gas mining campaigner warned more than 120 wells had already been drilled in the South East and one in three wells drilled were deemed successful. Mr Beck said mining companies would be reluctant to focus on other areas such as the northern Peninsula because it would be too costly to put in pipeline infrastructure. Explaining there was an”upswell” of opposition to the ramping up of gas exploration in the South East, he questioned whether the government’s plan was the “panacea” to the state’s energy crisis. “If taxpayers have to give Beach Energy $6m to drill a well, then that is not a viable solution,” Mr Beck said. He also dismissed the govern- ment’s claims the 10pc royalties paid to landholders would be a river of gold. Given the success rate was only one in three wells, landholders could be faced with a small income stream and expensive well restoration down the track once these companies walked away. “And there is also no miracle solution for the waste water ponds - they stay there forever. “What these companies have already left behind in the South East is horrifying and have the potential to contaminate our water supply.” Mr Beck debunked claims by the State Government that the gas produced here would stay in the region given the profitable and insatiable gas export market. 712074
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