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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Gabrielle Chan

Teal independents join farmers in Liverpool Plains to oppose Santos gas development

Sophie Scamps (left) alongside fellow independent Kylea Tink at a community forum on the Liverpool Plains on Wednesday.
Sophie Scamps (left) alongside fellow independent Kylea Tink at a community forum on the Liverpool Plains on Wednesday. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

City-based teal independents have crossed the great dividing range to support Pilliga and Liverpool Plains farmers and traditional owners fighting a Santos coal seam gas project and the accompanying Hunter gas pipeline.

North Sydney MP Kylea Tink, who grew up in Coonabarabran on the edge of the Pilliga, returned to NSW’s north-western slopes on Wednesday with fellow independent Sophie Scamps to hear the concerns on local landholders.

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