Farmers, green groups fume over 'onerous' new land-clearing codes

By Peter Hannam
Updated May 11 2017 - 5:28pm, first published 5:24pm

Uncertainty over the NSW government's changes to land-clearing laws that would allow individual farmers to bulldoze native vegetation areas equal to 330 times the size of the Sydney Cricket Ground continues to fester, with the peak farming body saying many landholders may not participate in the scheme.

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