NSW Farmers say E-zone ban can fix coastal confusion

Alex Druce
Updated November 9 2017 - 11:18am, first published 5:00am
Farmland in the Bega Valley. Government is yet to say whether it will abolish E-Zones altogether, something South Coast farmers, and the state’s peak farm group, have been crying out for.
Farmland in the Bega Valley. Government is yet to say whether it will abolish E-Zones altogether, something South Coast farmers, and the state’s peak farm group, have been crying out for.

CONFUSION and mistrust over ‘restrictive’ environmental zones - and exactly how councils are allowed to use them - is stoking fresh farmer demands for local government to be stripped of the ability to ‘sterilise’ prime ag land.

Alex Druce

Alex Druce

Senior Journalist

Politics and rural issues journo in Sydney. Give me a yell at adruce@fairfaxmedia.com.au

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