According to Caroona Coal Action Group, the Supreme Court ruling on mining access agreements will force mining companies to behave more responsibly.

The court voided BHP Billiton access agreements on Liverpool Plains farmland because the company failed to notify the banks which owned the land.

The New South Wales Minerals Council will lobby the Government to amend the Mining Act and says the ruling threatens mining jobs.

Mr Tim Duddy CCAG spokesman says their claims are dishonest.

Mr Duddy said "The miner was completely prepared to proceed when the farmer's assets were at risk, now they just need to look at it differently and they need to be responsible to their own environmental standards, and that is all the people of Caroona have ever asked."

(Sourced from http://www.abc.net.au)