Landholders’ Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015

The bill:

• provides that Australian landholders have the right to refuse the undertaking of gas and coal mining activities by corporations on their land without prior written authorisation
• sets out the requirements of a prior written authorisation
• provides for relief which a court may grant a land owner when prior written authorisation is not provided
• prohibits hydraulic fracturing for coal seam gas, shale gas and tight gas by corporations
• provides for civil penalties.

Summary from the official bill homepage.