I object to this proposal and I hope the government gets the message that we need to start looking at other ways to seek resources that don't amount to the distraction of land, water and wildlife.

I wish to convey my complete opposition to coal seam gas exploration especially in the Pilgara region. Coal seam gas exploration and its methods are toxic to our environment and unnecessary as a future fuel option.
It beggars belief that this most harmful poisonous method of extracting coal can be considered. It is a sad reflection on the character of the people proposing this goes ahead. They should be held accountable for their destruction and intention.

This is one of the worst proposals I have heard in recent times. Take a beautiful inland forest ecosystem and ruin it to look for a way extract a gas that can be burnt to produce poisonous, climate-change inducing fumes, and risk contaminating the country's largest reservoir of underground water in the process. This sounds stupid enough already. Add on top the fact that this is just being done so that a multinational company can cash in on an asset before the Carbon Bubble finally bursts and there are more than enough reasons to stop this catastrophic idea in its tracks.

The Piliga is a rare and important area, that needs to be kept as wilderness for the health of the citizens of New South Wales. This land is an inappropriate area for any kind of mining activity as the risk of polluting the artesian basin is unacceptable and detrimental to the north western New South Wales agricultural lands that adjoin the Piliga. Food and water are more important than profits for foreign owned mining corporations who avoid paying tax for destroying Australia's natural heritage.

I do not want CSG mining in the Pilliga region. The enviromental impacts are more devastating than the monetary benefits of having more gas.

I would like to see no further gas exploration or new wells created for coal seam gas. It is wasteful of our natural resources and any escaped Meghan is 100 times more damaging than carbon to the environment. Our natural resources of forests and national park are infinitely more precious than fossil fuels.

Australia needs clean energy for now & the future. We do not need projects that compromise the health of the water supply, the local population, agriculture & the environment.

Look at renewables, this is the way of the future, it will have to take place regardless, so we need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels now. Mining companies will have to restructure their operations to accommodate the changing energy market environment regardless, doing so now will give them a competitive edge.

This issue has social, environmental, economic & ethical impacts at its core. Most importantly, we need to look at the ramifications for future generations& not the ecomic viability of a particular company or industry. We have a large natural gas field in the Timor Sea, that should be able to supply current & emerging demands, as well as through renewables.

Keep Australia whole, don't mine the Pilliga! Keep something for our children and children's children.

E should be prioritising investments and innovation in long term sustainable infrastructure and energy, not environmentally destructive and rapidly outdated major CSG projects. Until australia demands a higher standard of its private investments, projects like this are a risk to our workforce's continuing global relevance as much as they are short sighted environmental catastrophes.

This project would pose a risk to the great artesian water system. This project disrupts the wildlife in the area and threatens many species. This project is not conducive with reducing emissions and is not environmentally sound. This project could affect local farming practice by undermining the safety of the underground water system. Investment in renewable energy sources should be the future for Australia and we should lead the world in finding better ways to source energy rather than methods that have been proven unsafe.