The establishment of an expert panel to assess of coal seam gas projects is a win for science over vested interests, crossbench MPs say.
The House of Representatives has agreed to set up the panel to advise federal and state governments on CSG and coal mining projects.
The panel will help authorities decide disputes between farmers and miners using of the best available science.
It follows growing concerns about how the rapidly growing resource projects will affect productive land and underground water systems.
The government agreed to set the panel up as part of a deal in which independent MP Tony Windsor backed the mining tax.
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