Exclusive: group will outline key policies on Thursday, including reforms to stop coal seam gas development on Liverpool Plains
– said climate change considerations needed to be embedded into development approvals.
The independents will also seek to change the approvals process by allowing communities to test coal and gas project approvals in the land and environment court. The Vaucluse independent candidate Karen Freyer said it was time “our response was as serious as the problems we face”.
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