Farmers wonder if LNG is worth its salt

Concerns have been raised over the great coal-seam gas rush, writes Clancy Yeates. The Darling Downs area in Queensland is not exactly a hot-bed of anti-business radicalism. The prime agricultural region - which has also found itself in the midst of the energy boom - held the seat of the former premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen, while the office of the Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce is in nearby St George.