'No civilisation without agriculture': David Pocock says gas fields show environmental laws are broken

Landowners invited the independent senator and environmental and legal experts to the Darling Downs as they fight large-scale gas expansion eastwards across the Condamine RiverGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastStanding between 20 hectares of wheat and a sea of Akubras and chequered shirts on Queensland's Darling Downs, independent senator David Pocock is a long way from Canberra.It is one of the last stops on his tour across Australia's eastern interior, snaking his way north to Queensland's south-east through some of the richest agricultural land in the country. Continue reading...