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[INTRODUCTORY MUSIC]
>> ANDREW STONER: Our Strategic Regional Land Use Planning Policy delivers 27 new initiatives, the toughest regime in Australia, if not the world, to protect our best agricultural lands and those critical rural industry clusters which are based throughout regional NSW from resources activity that might damage the land and water.
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>> ANDREW STONER: The Land and Water Commissioner will act as an advocate, a source of advice for both communities and landholders in the resource exploration and development process.
>> ANDREW STONER: The Land and Water Commissioner will ensure greater community confidence in the exploration processes and the production processes associated with mining and gas extraction.
>> ANDREW STONER: The Land and Water Commissioner will also oversee the Land Access Agreements which ensure that landowners are treated fairly when it comes to mining or gas companies seeking to explore on their land and beyond that, to actually produce resources or minerals.
>> ANDREW STONER: This package is the best in Australia. It's the strongest regulation around resources and protection of our agricultural and rural industries.