Narrabri Gas

We CANNOT allow any more of these CSG holes to be drilled. Ask anyone from around Roma and they will tell you what an unmitigated disaster they are. CSG technology is not reliable and will lead to the total destruction of our global atmosphere in the longvterm.

My submission in objection to the propose Coal Seam Gas ('CSG') Project in the Pilliga Region of NSW are as follows:
1. Impacts of CSG extraction cannot yet be accurately assessed, and there could be many years, if not decades before any detrimental environmental consequences become manifest.
2 Short-term returns are being put before long-term effects on health, environment, tourism and farming.
3 Valuable natural clean water resources in Australia (the driest inhabited continent on the planet) should take priority over short term profits associated with fossil fuel extraction.
4 There is insufficient understanding of complex groundwater systems to properly assess the potential impacts of coal seam gas mining operations.
5 The government is not doing enough to safeguard and protect water.
6 Documentaries such as Gasland and Frackman draw on evidence and accounts from experts and farmers, revealing problems of air and water contamination and poor health effects that have been and continue to be covered up by industry and government in the US.
7 US and Queensland landholders whose aquifers have been affected are being silenced with confidentiality clauses.
8 The gas industry is arguably not transparent.
9 Current NSW regulations are not adequate to control the deleterious risks associated with fracking or large-scale industrialisation.
10 Future energy resources should be focused on non polluting renewable energy resources; not polluting finite fossil fuels; especially in Australia that has an abundance of sunshine and wind.
11 The natural beauty of the Pilliga Region deserves to exist unspoilt for all future generations irrespective of what a select minority think it should be used for.

I dont agree with the driilin for coal seam gas. There is other more cost effective and environmentally conservative options for power production. Technology has evovled and coal seam gas doesnt play a part in this.

I have visited the Pilliga Scrub several times and have seen my first wild koalas there as well as the beautiful and spiritual Dandry Gorge. The Pilliga is a wonderful wild place of spectacular biodiversity that is battling the effects of logging and now, climate change. I am completely against any mining in the scrub, including CSG mining. There are many reasons why this project of Santos is a bad idea. Retrieving the gas will release methane into the atmosphere even before the gas is used. , Precious, clean water must be used which will become contaminated. At some time, some of this water will be accidentally released, causing harm to the wild ecosystem as well as to humans. The Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling system are also at risk as is ground water in the area. Little wonder that the people who live in and around the Pilliga are completely against this project. This includes the traditional owners and well as the farmers. Some people think Santos cant be trusted to look after the environment. Whether or not this is true, no one can absolutely guarantee the safety of this type of operation. This project should not be allowed to go ahead. The government of Australia must find other, safer and cleaner ways to provide power to its citizens.

No more eco-vandalism endorsed by NSW goverment. We're exporting our LNG and forcing Australians--domestic market gas from CSG.
Enough and Santos rather organise your profit agenda via truly sustainable practices.

I strongly object for this project to go ahead, the untold damage it will do to the environment, we must preserve it at all cost for the future generations.

Until it has been proven beyond doubt ,that fracking will NOT affect our Artesian waters ,we need to protect every once of water for our future generations. Once it's contaminated there will be no way to repair it. STOP all fracking please.

We at JB Energy and Electrical propose that you listen to the people whose land you want to put at risk, stop this project and instead invest in energy supplies that have a future.

Fracking has not been proven safe by any country that has chosen to apply it. On the contrary, there exists ample evidence to show that the practise has numerous dire and detrimental effects on both the environment and the people living within the areas being fracked.
As such I totally oppose fracking in this region of WA, any part of Australia and the rest of the globe.

Coal seam gas has proven to be an environmental nightmare. Giving this project the green light not only gives to go-ahead to further pillage the environment, but goes against what 99% of scientists are advising in that these type of fuels being used for energy generation is only plunging us deeper into the climate change abyss. not only that, but it is preventing the development of and investment in clean energy technologies that will provide clean and cheap energy years after your coal seam gas wells have run try. See reason, see beyond someone making a quick fortune and use your conscience and your reasoning to make the only sensible decision here and prevent this project from going ahead.

Please concentrate on renewable energy. Places like the Pillaga are incredibly rare and will become priceless in value as nature refuges in the future.

Once destroyed by mines, this utility of clean oxygen, water and animal sanctuary can never return.

There is no need for this gas. Why risk the water table. This project will damage the future for my grandchildren. Grandmothers VOTE.

The proposed Narrabri Gas Project threatens major water sources of the artesian basin. The proposed site is also in an area which provides habitat for many threatened local species. The local community and farmers, the people influenced by choices made on these lands, and the traditional owners, are both in opposition to the project. This form of energy is also obselete, as fossil fuels are phased out around the world. The project is clearly one made with short term financial gain as the only objective and shouldn't go ahead.

I object. Not only will this be environmentally catastrophic to the region, there is potential for the health of local residents to deteriorate due to the known and unknown health and safety risks of CSG.
It is an undesirable act to invade this great area for the soul purpose of gas extraction - which is known to have negative effects on the environment! Irreversible damage could be done to already threatened wildlife species. Water sources may be polluted with harmful salt waste. It's not good enough.

Don't. You leak and fuck up every single place. You can't say there will be minimal impact because there is no such thing.

After spending time in the Pilliga forest and speaking with traditional owners and community members, I very much object to Santos operations in the Pilliga Forest.

I would like the NSW Government to cancel gas exploration licence(s) and activities in and around the Pilliga forest, and to respect local and Indigenous community of the area whom object to the Narrabri Gas Project.

There are hundreds of cultural sites as well as songlines and stories connecting the Gamilaraay to the forest and to the groundwater beneath. Gamilaraay people are deeply involved in the battle against CSG, and have told Santos they do not want their country sacrificed for a coal seam gas field.

Extensive community surveys have shown an average of 96% opposition to CSG. This stretches across a massive 3.2 million hectares of country surrounding the Pilliga forest, including 99 communities. Hundreds of farmers have participated in protest actions unlike any previously seen in the region.

It greatly concerns my family and I. Drilling coal seam gas wells in the Piliga is a dangerous step towards the increase of pollution in NSW waterway and the health and well-being of our local farmers. Coal seam gas has been proven to damage any ecosystem it interacts with. Lets leave NSW healthy, Lets leave NSW beautiful, Lets leave our communities striving.

I object on the grounds that this will endanger precious water sources (amongst other other things, the environmental impact will be enormous in a catastrophic way), damage sacred Indigenous sites and go against the communities wishes.

I urge you to reject the Narrabeen gas project proposal to prevent gas mining. The project threatens the local environment and water supply which is vital to the future of the region. I have supported the efforts of local people over more than a decade to protect their land and water from the impacts of mining in the area. The proposed environmental protections in the proposal are inadequate to secure the long term sustainability of the water supply. I object on the principle that the site is wholly unsuitable for gas mining and the long term risks to the environment outweigh any commercial or economic interests in the project.

Yours faithfully
Suzanne Gemmell

To cut to the real worry I have .. the Narrabri gasfield poses a real risk to our two most precious water resources: the Great Artesian Basin and the Murray-Darling Basin. The area of the Great Artesian Basin with the highest recharge rates is almost entirely contained within the Pilliga East forest. In a worst-case scenario, the water removed for CSG extraction could reduce water pressure in the recharge areas--potentially stopping the free flow of waters to the surface at springs and bores across the whole Great Artesian Basin.

Also, creeks in the Pilliga run into the Namoi River--a part of the Murray Darling Basin. This system is vulnerable to contamination from drilling fluid spills and the salty treated water produced from the proposed 850 wells.

As a resident of NSW who has visited the Pilliga and as an Australian resident I consider it is time to stop this risky behaviour... no, let's call it for what it is ... reckless behaviour, of threatening our descendant's future.

Do NOT allow this to proceed