Peter Spencer (farmer)
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Peter Spencer (farmer)
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Peter Spencer is an Australian farmer who came to national prominence after going on hunger strike in November 2009. He had been prevented from clearing "native vegetation" from his sheep farm in New South Wales and he said that this had caused severe financial difficulty. Spencer's use of his land was restricted due to Australia's commitments to the Kyoto Protocol. He was refused compensation for his land being declared a carbon sink as it was the New South Wales government, and not the federal
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Australian farmer (born 1948)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Spencer_(farmer)
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2023-07-22T18:26:45Z
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