Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas
Rosehill Sandstone withdrew its mining lease application for a 62-hectare quarry in Queensland's Lockyer Valley after community opposition led by farmer Daniel Storey. The company cited unwillingness to operate where unwelcome after objection responses revealed local resistance. Storey's kitchen-table activism united the 60-person community against the project that threatened his family farm first worked in the 1920s.
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Published 01 Aug 2026, 20:47 UTC · Updated 01 Aug 2026, 20:50 UTC
Summary by OZbrief Editorial. Original report: ABC News – Australia. Editorial policy · Corrections
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