THE standoff between farmers and miners has become a lobbyists' picnic, with former high-profile political figures signing on as advisers to coal and coal-seam gas producers.
Despite Queensland Premier Anna Bligh declaring in 2009 that it was "pointless" for companies to engage private firms to massage government processes, the register of lobbyists shows that major resources companies including Rio Tinto, Queensland Gas and Hancock Prospecting are contracting paid advisers. Read More
The Australian
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