Narrabri Gas

I believe governments make decisions in the interest of all Australians. Nothing in the Narrabri Gas project serves our national interest. CSG is the wrong energy and is too risky for our environment. The Great Artesian Basin is to be protected, farmers do not want to give this land to drills. Land and water, that is what our government must stand for. We take our water seriously in Australia and you have no right to risk spoiling it for our children. Enough coal! Enough pollution, enough ignoring people's desire for a clean, sustainable future, enough ignoring indigenous people and their plea to do no harm to their ancestral lands!
I object to this project and your department should bury it.

Coal seam gas fuels dangerous climate change
Methane is by far the major component of natural gas, and is a greenhouse gas 72 times more powerful than CO². CSG fields contribute to climate change through the leakage of methane during the production, transport, processing and use of coal seam gas.

1. The general public don't want frackers
2. The traditional owners don't want frackers
3. Frackers are big business
4. Big business and councils/govt have an incestuous relationship.
5 unfortunately this relationship like religions becomes predatory whereby the little people ( general public an traditional owners and farmers ( oh yeah and Voters) are buggered by those charged with protecting them and our environment and all that word entails.
6. Then there's the irreparable damage to artesian basins, lands and waterways, fauna an flora of Narrabri. IRREPAIRABLE. Apologies for shouting.
7. I strongly disagree with the proposed Narrabri gas project on the basis of the above statements.

Why do humans feel the need to destroy everything mother nature provides for us in the name of so called advancement. This project is just another example of human stupidity and greed. Stop destroying every naturally beautiful and perfect landmark.

I object to this proposal.
Our natural heritage must be protected. Far, far too much has been lost. The extraction process is damaging to this heritage. The risk of ground water contamination is too great. Australia should be looking to renewable energy technologies, not energy which puts more CO2 and equivalents into the atmosphere and increases the atmospheric carbon load, and exacerbates the impact of climate change.

CSG extraction is harmful to the environment, including the fragile ecosystems of the Pilliga. It produces copious amounts of salt waste, and has been shown to be managed poorly.

This is ridiculous, yet another example of government prioritising corporations over people. We have the means and environment suitable for wind and solar power that does not harm or threaten the environment. It is 2017, this sort of project should not have even gotten to approval stage, when we look at the steps other countries are taking towards green energy, we are failing miserably. Please have some common sense about the land we live on and prioritise the greater good of future generations, not a companies bottom line.

I do not support this mining proposal. It is clearly not in the national interest.

The negatives of CSG outweigh the positives 10 to 1.

This method of energy production is not a long-term solution to Australia's growing energy demand.

Therefore, the Santos' exploration application should be loaded in a cannon and fired into the sun.

I object to the Santos Narrabri Gas Project and request that it not be approved.

I am 12 years old and last year
I went to the Pilliga on a holiday and loved the forest and hot springs. It makes me sad to think that there are people who want to wreck this lovely place to make money. I want to go back there again but I think it will be poisoned like that river on TV.

Coal Seam Gas extraction is an environmental crimainal act. How long can the planet's eco balance maintain stability ? We have to stop this now to avoid global catastrophy.
Forget about making money. Focus on conserving what is left. If we dont stop this the consequences are going to be very ugly.

The risk to important water sources is too great. Santos cannot be trusted, based on past experience to prevent contamination of aquifers.
These water sources feed the Murray Darling basin! Surely the production of clean food is far more important than gas.

I believe Coal-seam Gas is one of the most dangerous practices in the world and especially so in an area like the Pilliga with it's artesian basin under. Fugitive emissions are definately a danger and detrimental to the ozone layer as well as ruining the natural systems of the artesian basin. I find it hard to believe that any responsible government could even consider approval of a licence to drill in this area especially, or anywhere else for CSG!

Short term gains, that will have long term negative affects for generations and generations to come... This is not acceptable.

I would respectfully like to raise my objection to the proposed CSG project in the Pilliga region of NSW.
This area, like so many that are under threat, is part of the food bowl and the important farming and grazing lands of the North-
West area and as such, should be left in its original state. Also the artesian basin with it's vast aquifer would be irrepairably damaged should drilling be allowed to go ahead.
I come from one of the original pioneer families of the Liverpool Plains area and grew up on that beautiful land, with its fresh air, good soil, plentiful water and peaceful lifestyle.
Many of my extended family still live in that area and work hard to continue the legacy that was left to us by our forebears.
I implore you to hear the objections of so many people and bring an end to exploration in that part of NSW, in the interests of our future generations.
Once land and vegetation is removed, it will never be the same again, so think very carefully before you become part of the problems of the future for a fleeting monetary gain.
Sincerely,
AEnone McRae-Clift.

The Artesian Basin is of great importance to all Australians. By allowing this gas field to go ahead you are selling out our future our children's future for short term profits and to a company that pays little tax just takes to feed the ever hungry demands of share holders and the wealthy . Please look toward other ventures that will also bring in the much needed revenue. This industry will leave your beautiful shire a dried out husk. You have been entrusted safe guarding this beautiful piece of Australia please dont sell it of to the guys in fancy suits.

I object!!

Irrespective of the technical methods by which the Proponents claim that the risks associated with Coal Seal Methane extraction are ameliorated, these cannot be sufficient to justify this activity in the unique Pilliga environment.
The current land uses provide much longer term benefits than can CSG extraction, and are therefore more valuable to the local population and the Nation.
Nigel Lott
BE MEngSc.

No coal seam gas or related projects should be allowed in any farm, rainforest or park area.
Renewable energies have been proven to run whole countries, and instead of being at the forefront, we are still using fossil fuels as our main sources of power.