Baird offers more talk on protection for Hunter wine

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has repeated his commitment to visit the Hunter Valley amid horse and wine industry demands to address land use conflicts in the region. The Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association and the Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association have called for bi-partisan political support to resolve land use conflicts, which they claim threatens the future of their industries. It includes a 10km buffer around the equine and viticulture critical industry clusters, with new open cut and underground coal mines and coal seam gas mining banned.