More than decade on since a coal-seam gas-driven battle over land in Queensland’s Scenic Rim began, applications to extend a resources company’s leases at the site have quietly emerged through an innocuously titled report.
The area boasts some of the best farmland in the state’s south-east, and was named among Lonely Planet’s Top 10 regional destinations in 2022, yet the community had no idea of the applications – lodged more than three years ago – until last month.
