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Early election win #SOS campaign
The Limestone Coast Sustainable Futures Association (LCSFA) has welcomed commitments from both the South Australian Liberal Party and MacKillop MP Nick McBride to support an independent vulnerability assessment into the impacts of rare earth strip mining on the Limestone Coast. The pledges come in direct response to the association’s ongoing #SaveOurSoils campaign, which calls for
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New Regional Plan prioritises ag land after community advocacy
The Limestone Coast Sustainable Futures Association (LCSF) has welcomed the release of the rebadged Limestone Coast Regional Plan, praising the State Government for listening to community feedback and delivering a renewed planning framework that prioritises the region’s most valuable agricultural and water assets. LCSF Chair Todd Woodard said the updated Plan – which has removed
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Farmers urged to “pledge a lamb” to support #SaveOurSoils campaign
Farmers across the Limestone Coast are being encouraged to pledge a lamb, make a donation, or join the Limestone Coast Sustainable Futures Association (LCSF) as the community ramps up efforts to protect prime farmland from the threat of rare earth mining. LCSF Chair Todd Woodard said the fundraising and membership drive was essential to ensure
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Stock Journal: SE councils band together to protect ‘ high value’ ag land from mining
Protection urged for SA’s high-value agriculture areas | Stock Journal | SA
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Stock Journal: South Australian farming’s Ag-enda Setters of 2025
LCSF chair Todd Woodard recognised as key regional advocate South Australian farming’s Ag-enda Setters of 2025 listed | Stock Journal | SA
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ABC South East: Australian rare earth processing plant to be ready for use in 2026
Australian rare earth processing plant to be ready for use in 2026 – ABC News
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ABC South East: Proposed mining laws frustrate farmers but mining companies say they are a step forward
Proposed mining laws frustrate farmers but mining companies say they are a step forward – ABC News
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Weekly Times: New mining law to give companies ‘unlimited’ extensions blasted by SA farmers
SA farmers slam new mining laws allowing unlimited exploration licenses | The Weekly Times
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Regional voices ignored in Mining Act Reform
The Limestone Coast Sustainable Futures Association has condemned the State Government’s rushed reform of the Mining Act saying it further strips away farmers’ rights and ignores the voices of regional communities. The Bill, tabled in Parliament this week, proposes sweeping changes to the Mining Act 1971 that committee chairman Todd Woodard said favour mining expansion
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SE Voice: Community voices chosen to have say on rare earth project
LCAF chair Todd Woodard joins Koppamurra Project Community Consultative Committee Community voices chosen to have say on rare earth project | The SE Voice