In the Land Court v’s
Hancock Coal
brother Paul Anderson, starting pump jack
Peter Anderson, Grazier
Clermont/Alpha
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 MultiNational 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