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Premier weighs up compulsory acquiring land for Hunter gas pipeline

The NSW Premier Chris Minns announced that the government is considering compulsory land acquisition from farmers to facilitate a gas pipeline to the Hunter region, highlighting Tomago Aluminium's financial struggles linked to the gas field.
Approximately 34 percent of landholders along the pipeline route have signed easement deeds for the project, according to Santos.
Farmers president Xavier Martin expressed disappointment at the Premier's threat to take land, voicing concerns over the project's risks to local communities.
If Tomago Aluminium closes, about 1,500 direct jobs and an estimated 5,000 indirect jobs would be lost, which would be the biggest industrial closure in the Hunter since BHP shut in 1999.

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