Queensland is a rich and diverse State, from the braided channels of the Lake Eyre Basin in the South West, through the brigalow country and up to the rainforests of the Daintree and Cape York. It’s a place of unparalleled agricultural productivity - with the rich loamy soils of the Darling Downs, the coastal cane country and the vast cattle stations of the Centre and the West.
But Queensland is also one of the most intensive sites for the extraction of fossil fuels in the world - with over 60 operating coal mines producing over 250 million tonnes of coal per year. There are over 10 000 operating coal seam gas wells in Queensland, mostly in the Western and Darling Downs in Southern Queensland. *