QUEENSLAND Gas Company has been challenged over land-access conditions during construction of a mine accommodation site just several hundred metres from a rural residential dwelling.
Guluguba producer, Neville Stiller, told Queensland Country Life that sub-contractors working for QGC have for the past month been constructing a 600-room accommodation site directly across from his home.
Measuring the distance between his front door and the construction site, which is on a neighbouring property and separated by a dirt road, Mr Neville said there was a space of just 195m.
If Mr Stiller's claims are correct, it would be a clear breach of legislative requirements which state there must be a distance of 400m between existing property households and any mining infrastructure, even if it is on a neighbouring property.
Mr Stiller said he had been first informed by QGC of the planned accommodation site in August and had met several times with staff to express his desire to see the site relocated away from his home.
He said there were also associated noise and dust issues from the constant construction.
A spokesman advised QGC was aware of the concerns raised by Mr Stiller and QGC's pipelines project director Norman Ingram was working on them.
"The dust just blows right across into our home and the noise is so bad it gives me a headache and anyone who phones me always asks what is going on in the background," he said.
"Firstly we want an apology from QGC for the inconvenience they are causing my wife and I. If they cannot move they site we believe we should be compensated for it. But there is other land in the area that would better suit the site. They need to understand there are rules they are supposed to follow."
Queensland Country Life understands QGC is investigating the matter.