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Media release

4 Sep 2026

Community conversations help inform planning for Taroom Trough

Residents from across the Maranoa and Western Downs came together this week to learn about potential oil and gas development in the Taroom Trough and what it could mean locally. More than 160 people attended the Taroom Trough Information Forums in Surat on 2 September and Condamine on 3 September.

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Media release

11 Aug 2026

Community invited to attend Taroom Trough information forums in Surat and Condamine

Residents, landholders, businesses and community members across the Western Downs and Maranoa are invited to attend one of two free public information forums in early September to discuss potential oil and gas exploration in the region.

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Media release

7 Aug 2026

Strong turnout at community energy forum

Community members from across the Goondiwindi and Southern Downs shires turned out in force at the Queensland Community Energy Forum in Inglewood yesterday. More than 80 local landholders and community members, along with local and state government, agriculture and energy industry representatives came together to discuss the energy future of the region.

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Media release

21 Jul 2026

Regional leaders discuss future of coexistence in the North West

Over 40 leaders gathered in Julia Creek to discuss the future of energy and resources development in the North West last week. The Coexistence Symposium, hosted by Coexistence Queensland, in partnership with McKinlay Shire Council and MITEZ Economic Development, brought together representatives from local and state government, the agriculture and minerals sectors, and regional organisations.

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Article

24 Jul 2020

Queensland gas pipeline turns 30

A piece of Queensland gas infrastructure that laid the foundation for thousands of jobs in Queensland’s gas and manufacturing industries – the Queensland gas pipeline – turned 30 on Saturday 25 July. Mines Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said thousands of jobs, hundreds of petajoules of gas and multi-billions in economic stimulus had flowed from the […]

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Spotlight

21 Jul 2020

WEBINAR: Helping farmers prepare for gas developments

The GasFields Commission’s Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Jane Walker recently presented as part of an “Afternoon Session with AgForce CQ” webinar. Jane joined Noel Brinsmead (AgForce Queensland mapping guru with 40 years’ experience as a cartographer and GIS analyst) to educate farmers on how to accurately map their properties. The session primarily focused on the developing […]

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Article

18 Jun 2020

UPDATE: Landholder Liability Insurance

A working group convened by the GasFields Commission which includes key insurance, agriculture and gas industry peak bodies and government regulators met on 17 June 2020 to further progress resolution of the landholder public liability insurance issue. The working group includes senior representatives from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), AgForce Queensland, Cotton Australia, Queensl...

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Article

11 Jun 2020

GasFields Working Group – Landholder Liability Insurance

GasFields Commission Queensland (the Commission) has today convened a working group to discuss landholder liability insurance with key insurance, agriculture and gas industry peak bodies and government regulators, including the Insurance Council of Australia, AgForce Queensland, Cotton Australia, Queensland Farmers Federation, Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association, Qu...

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Article

21 May 2020

Unconventional gas: The social licence imperative

The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Centre for Natural Gas has released the findings from an intensive 6-month study testing Queensland’s experience against the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) “Golden Rules of Gas ¹” (the Golden Rules) – a set of principles developed by the IEA to guide what it takes for natural gas developments globally to gain better social acceptance. The...

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