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PRESERVING THE FOREST IN ITS NATURAL STATE
Born and bred in Australia I choose to live far from my family and have lived in Sweden for the past 20+ years. It's a green country, one where the forests flourish and there is green space available for all. The animals roam wildly and people flock to the forest to pick berries, mushrooms, to fish, hike, ski, or just to walk. The Swedes love their forests.
Our forests are the organs of this planet - we need them, we need more than what we have today, not less.
And we need as much green space as possible, it soothes the soul, it calms the troubled and gives energy to those in need. Let the forest be all this. Let the forest be - do not pollute it with your gas wells.

PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
I am not proud of a country that allows this. Australia has a poor reputation on environmental matters and this project will not support that. Environmentally conscious nations and people look to a country that is supposedly prosperous and wonder why we can allow this - why we do not have more respect for the environment, why we do not preserve the very things that make Australia unique, why do we do we not protect the very thing that tourists, visitors want to see - our natural resources.

THE FUTURE OF ENERGY
My employer is a Swedish state-owned energy company with generation, distribution and commercial sales in 6 countries across Europe - we are committed to becoming fossil free within one generation - we are committed to leading the way, to being courageous and to making the change that is needed - we are committed to becoming fossil free ourselves, to helping our customers be fossil free within a generation - that includes our B2C, our B2B and our city partnerships. How does that compare to the industry in Australia? How sustainable are our cities? How committed is the NSW government to leading the change, to providing renewable energy? Or will big business and the mining dollar leave you scrambling to keep up with the others in years to come?

Will those same mining dollars leave future generations wondering how you could so easily succumb to a quick buck rather than thinking long term. It won't be long before solar panels are produced at a more competitive rate and we will see a growing number of prosumers entering the market - businesses will become self-sufficient and not only will your energy industry see a loss in the customer base but there will be a growth in supply, just as we see here in Europe - it is the future of the energy industry.

I urge you to compare your decisions to what is going on in Europe, Sweden in particular. I urge you to realise that Australia has incredible resources in the form of forest and natural environments, not in raw materials such as gas. I urge you to see that the power of the sun can be harnesses, and that it soon will be, in preference to fossil fuels. I urge you to make a decision that is right for all of Australia, including the Aussies of the future. I urge you to lead the way and be part of the change that is underway.

I oppose the Santos project for many reasons and attach a statement in pdf form.

I am opposed to the Narrabri Gas Project on the following grounds:

1. The project will remove water from one of the main critical recharge areas of the Great Artesian Basin. This has the potential to reduce the hydraulic pressure head in the Basin's recharge areas. This could lead to the stopping of free flow of water to the surface at springs and bores across the whole Basin (Ref: SoilFutures Consulting 2014, Great Artesian Basin Recharge Systems and Extent of Petroleum and Gas Leases. (attached))

2. Leakage of methane from the CSG field and during production, transport and processing of the natural gas will be a powerful contributor to climate change.

3. The project is rejected by the Gamilaraay people, who are the traditional custodians of the land.

4. An overwhelming percentage of the area's local farmers and residents are opposed to CSG.

5. Santos has a track record of contaminating the environment with leaks and spills from previous CSG projects.

6. Santos does not have an adequate plan for safely disposing of salt waste from the project.

7. The project would threaten the survival of numerous endangered species that inhabit the Pilliga forest.

8. Methane flares from the project would increase the likelihood of severe bushfires in the area.

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I am a filmmaker, teacher and a mother and am concerned about what kind of future we are leaving for our children. Our environmental assets are a precious resource that must be protected because they will ultimately strengthen our long-term food security and prosperity as a nation. (See my detailed arguments in the pdf attachment.)

All details in attachment. Adani not good citizens. They hide funds in various companies and countries. They cannot be trusted to adhere to Australias requirement of maintenance.

With community opposition to coal seam gas mining and exploration already so high, it would seem completely out of step with society to develop this industry in The Pilliga or anywhere else in Australia.

Furthermore the exploration for and mining of ANY fossil fuels is abhorrent given the crisis we are facing with climate change. Climate change is the biggest of many huge threats humanity and life on earth is facing, and it is within out power to reverse the trend. I am against the development of any further fossil fuel industries opening up in any part of Australia.

This industry threatens the nature of the region and will effect biodiversity, water quality, forest cover, and ultimately air quality. It is a waste of taxpayers money and contributes to the destruction of our much needed natural life support systems.

As well as threats to our life support systems the Laird forest is a wilderness, one of all too few that need protection not more devastation.

Think about the future! Please do not issue any more licenses for CSG mining in the Pilliga region, or anywhere else in Australia.

http://districtbulletin.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Special-report_Leard-forest.pdf

https://www.nature.org.au/media/1447/pilliga-iconsunderthreat-2012.pdf

The Pilliga Woodland is the largest and most intact temperate eucalypt woodland in eastern Australia. It is a very important haven for a large variety of birds and so many threatened other animals. It has great cultural value for the Gamilaraay people. Inevitable water pollution (salt) will simply kill great parts of the forest and it's inhabitants. The scale of the drilling, 850 coal seam gas wells, is frightening. Who is going to make sure Santos is doing the right thing and no accidents will happen ever? There have been already accidents in the past in the preparation to this mega land killing project. Who can guarantee that the draining in such a large scale of the Great Artesian Basin will not cause unforseen catastrophes. I strongly object this project. How short sighted and money driven. No respect for the land, the fauna and the people who have been there for a long time. "Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money." The statue of the proud Aboriginal man with his child on his shoulder on the sculpture walk there looks very ironic now and a bit hard to digest. No longer his land, it belongs to Santos now. Not literally, but what they do to it kills the cultural value of it for the Aboriginal people.

I am opposed to Santos's Narrabri Gas Project. My husband and I visited the Pilliga last year and learnt just how important the area is for wildlife and its significance to the Gamilaraay traditional custodians of this land. We also learnt about the devastating effects of the bushfires there, from which they are still trying to recover. The methane poses a serious risk of igniting and causing bushfires. This is unacceptable. Furthermore, the NSW Government needs to listen to the people of whom the vast majority oppose CSG extraction. It is about time it was banned. The risks to the Great Artesian Basin are too great to even think of drilling in this area just to make Santos rich. Australia is already feeling the effects of global warming and drilling for CSG will exacerbate the problem. Finally, the Warrumbungle Observatory, is a unique area from which to get clear views of the night sky and it attracts huge numbers of visitors. People are worried that the giant gas flames burning all night is going to spoil this. If this project goes ahead it is going to have devastating effects on the rural communities.