Calls for federal carbon capture ban after Qld decision

Steven Miles (right) says the Great Artesian Basin's waters are too important to mess with. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A landmark decision to protect one of the world's largest underground freshwater reservoirs has prompted calls for a federal carbon capture storage ban.

Queensland Premier Steven Miles said he would ban carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the Great Artesian Basin, a water source for 180,000 inland people with an estimated 65 million gigalitres.