Pine Point farmer Brenton Davey says the state government has "sold out" its country voter base by allowing Labor's statute amendments to the Mining Act 1971 to pass unchanged last week in the Legislative Council.
"They said when they got in at the election they would consult far and wide but they haven't," he said.
"Obviously they don't value agriculture in this state because they are not giving us any certainty to the protection of our land for our farming operations into the future," he said.
Mr Davey says farmers previously had few rights but this has taken it "one step further".
"They have really sunk the boots in and said that mining has to trump agriculture every time," he said.
"A mining company can turn our farming enterprise upside down and cause us hindrance but if the shoe is on the other foot, if we are holding up a mining company, we can be fined $150,000."
Mr Davey, whose family have farmed the land for nearly 160 years, is disappointed the unique nature of farming businesses has been ignored in amending the Mining Act.
"Most people go to their job, do their job and they come home to their family away from their job, whereas we live on the land where we work 24 hours a day seven days a week with our family, he said.
"These sort of things in the Mining Act are issues won't just affect our business - it affects the whole family."
He says farmers have long memories and expects voter backlash at the next election.
"We are not getting the support other than four (Liberal MPs) in the Lower House who can see agriculture for what it is and the two Liberals in the Upper House- the rest of the Liberal party are becoming citycentric and think the country vote is safe- well its not."
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