Liverpool Plains: Baird government to pay BHP Billiton $220 million for licence

By Peter Hannam
Updated August 11 2016 - 10:08pm, first published 8:49pm
Community opposition to mining coal in the Liverpool Plains region has been high. Photo: Dean Sewell
Community opposition to mining coal in the Liverpool Plains region has been high. Photo: Dean Sewell
Local farmer Tim Duddy has been among those calling for a bar on coal mines in the Liverpool Plains. Photo: Paul Mathews
Local farmer Tim Duddy has been among those calling for a bar on coal mines in the Liverpool Plains. Photo: Paul Mathews

Mining for coal under the fertile Liverpool Plains poses "too great a risk" for farming and the Baird government will pay BHP Billiton about $220 million to buy back its Caroona exploration licence.

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