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Paul Brecht responds to my recent letter with a history lesson. Instead of telling me of what happened in the past he should recognise one thing.

Should the Nationals win this election you will see CSG mining again. We should all be working to elect Members who ban CSG entirely. Don’t go around blaming Labor for things  that happened in the past.

I think Labor lost an election and a few members because of this.

Support parties that ban CSG at the next election. Not fight them.

Ross W Cornwill, Lennox Head



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