Anne Daw is a South Australian advocate for the protection of water resources and prime agricultural land from mining and

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

activities including exploration and production. Daw grew up on her father's grazing property near Kingston in the state's South East region, and began campaigning in 2007 when her neighbouring property came under threat because of a proposed

lignite Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, is a soft, brown, combustible, sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It has a carbon content around 25–35%, and is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat ...

mine, near Kingston SE. She has been a member of the

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's Roundtable for Oil and Gas, previously known as the Round Table for the Roadmap for Unconventional Gas Projects in South Australia, since 2012. Daw has also held a seat at a Round Table for Health and Energy Policy in

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in 2013. Daw has continued to work at local, state, national and international levels, taken part in many public speaking engagements and forums, and has done extensive media in all forms. She was invited to be a speaker at the Murray Darling Association National Conference in Goolwa, SA in 2013. In 2012, when she became a member of the Round Table for the Roadmap for Unconventional Gas Projects in South Australia, she learnt of the gas plans across the state and in the South East of South Australia. Daw was a recipient of the

Conservation Council of South Australia The Conservation Council of South Australia, also known as Conservation SA and Conservation Council SA, is an environmental organisation serving as a peak body, representing over 50 member groups, representing over 90,000 individual members, in t ...

's Jill Hudson Award for Environment Protection in 2013.

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