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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Matthew Kelly

MP wants gas pipeline on public land

Hunter Gas Landholder Rights Alliance vice president Anne McGowan (centre), with her neighbours at Reedy Creek near Singleton on Wednesday. Picture by Max Mason Hubers.

Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell said he is desperately trying to get the Hunter Gas Pipeline running across public rather than private land.

More than 100 landowners between Muswellbrook and Maitland only discovered this week that Santos had been given the right to conduct surveys and testing on their properties even if they did not give consent.

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