NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley backs industry calls for exclusion zones to protect the Hunter's equine and viticulture clusters

Louise Nichols
Updated December 5 2016 - 3:18pm, first published December 3 2016 - 12:04pm

The Upper Hunter's equine and viticultural industries call for the establishment of protective buffer zones between themselves and coal mining has received support from the NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley.

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Louise Nichols

Louise Nichols

Senior journalist

From cattle to coal. Once a specialist agriculture writer today its about community, in particular, the Upper Hunter. I have lived and worked in the region for more than 30 years. Land use issues and the future direction of our region. But you cannot take ag out of the picture - our food and how we grow it is the basis of all life. Covering the Hunter and Mid North Coast rural issues is now part of my role with ACM.