I recently attended the Santos AGM in Adelaide. It was scary to hear the Chairman happily declare that Santos is NOT trying to reduce their emissions to under 2C increase in World avarage temperature but is instead looking at allowing they emissions to increase the world Climate by a whopping 4C "we are looking at the 4C pathway". The Chairman also denied that the amount of methane escaping in the Narrabri site is of any significance. What is scary is that obviously the octagenerian shareholders did not grasp the significance of such statements and totally supported that policy. SANTOS is irresponsible and is NOT to be trusted in the Pilliga or in the Great Australian Bite.
Yours sincerely
Laura Pieraccini
84 Kenilworth Road
Parkside, SA 5063BA

I object to the CSG mining of the Narrabi region.
When a lot of renewable technologies are becoming available and several European countries are going/aiming 100% renewable, Australian government should only follow suits instead of remaining to exploit the invaluable nature of this country.
CSG extractions in the past has proven enough about the harmful effects to environment as well as to human health. This project will clear more than 1000 hecters of Pilliga Forest, which is the largest temperate forest in NSW, home to many unique wild life, to name a few.

I am opposed to any coal seam gas extraction or fracking in or near the Pillaga or the GAB or the Murray/Darling catchment or any other fresh water resource or prime agricultural land, because of the dangers to the water and land resource, as well as the biodiversity and aboriginal interests.

Despite Santos predictions, the gas will not be needed , as much of the demand will be replaced by energy efficiency measures and renewables over the next 5 years, and allowing the project would only add dramatically to Australia's greenhouse emissions (both CO2 and methane) at a time when they should be being cut to as close to zero as possible.

I have driven past the Piliga forest and promised to return one day to explore this national treasure which I hear more and more about. It deserves to remain in its natural state, rather than being ruined in the name of gas extraction. I cannot improve on the case put forward below:

1. It is safehaven for threatened wildlife
The Pilliga is one of 15 nationally listed `biodiversity hotspots' and is vital to the survival of threatened species like the koala, spotted-tailed quoll, black-striped wallaby, eastern pygmy-possum, pilliga mouse and south-eastern long-eared Bat.
2. 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.
3. It risks our clean water
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.
4. The Gamilaraay Traditional Custodians are opposed
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.
5. Bushfire risk will rise
Methane flare stacks up to 50m high would be running day and night, even on total fire ban days. The Pilliga is already prone to severe bushfires, this project will increase the risk of ignition.
Thanks to our friends at The Wilderness Society, Lock the Gate and the Narrabri community for their long standing work to protect this ancient forest.

At this pivotal time in our planet's history, any new coal based energy should not on the agenda at all, let alone in such environmentally sensitive area such as the Pilliga forest.
We should be investing on sustainable resources, not continuing to rape and pillage our remaining natural areas.
Keep the mining giants out- they are only interested in profit, not investing in the future or safe-guarding our precious environment.
This is NOT the way forward for Australia and I wish to be counted as one of those vehemently opposed to this proposal.

This submission is in direct opposition to the Narrabri Gas Project. I ask the government to reconsider this project and put a stop to the CSG wells proposed in the Narrabri region. The potential negative health effects are not acceptable and the government should start putting their people before their profits.

I object to the Narrabri Gas Project because it poses too greater risk to our environment and resources. The environmental impact of coal seam gas mining on the environment, water resources and community health have been well documented. Evidence of the negative impact can be found in the gas fields across the United States and here in the Queensland gas fields. There have even been incidents in the Narrabri gas fields that have resulted in contamination. This contamination of water resources, air pollution and waste spills has destroyed previously good farming land and pristine environments.
In addition to the environmental damage 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.
The Pilliga is a precious resource and home to wildlife, many of which are threatened or endangered. It is important that we do all we can to preserve this wildlife and coal seam gas mining poses a significant risk through toxic waste and increased risk of bush fire from methane flare stacks.
For these reasons I object to the development of gas fields in the precious Pilliga Forest.

I write to express my opposition to coal seam gas mining in the Pilliga forest, a unique part of the Australian landscape. It is environmentally and culturally significant and provides a vital groundwater recharge function for the Great Artesian Basin.

Farmers are dependent on this groundwater to grow their crops and feed their animals. Without it, their farms would not survive and their livelihoods would be lost as they can no longer depend on rainfall. Rainfall averages have diminished year after year.

Santos' plan to drill 850 coal seam gas wells in the area will put the future of the community, as well as 25 nationally listed and 48 state-listed threatened species in the Pilliga, at risk.

It is clear that CSG mining and farming are incompatible. There are examples around the world of water contamination. Clean water and clean air are basic needs for the survival of humanity, the environment and this planet. It is impossible to guarantee that there will be no leaks or spills from CSG activity.

If Santos is allowed to pursue their plans for gas wells, the iconic and irreplaceable forest will be transformed into an industrialised gasfield and the Great Artesian Basin could be depressurised, resulting in an environmental disaster, with population health sacrificed forever.

We should be not be stealing a healthy future from generations to come.

I oppose Coal Seam Gas mining in the Pilliga because
it is a vulnerable ecosystem with threatened wildlife. it is one of 15 nationally listed `biodiversity hotspots' and is vital to the survival of threatened species like the koala, spotted-tailed quoll, black-striped wallaby, eastern pygmy-possum, pilliga mouse and south-eastern long-eared Bat.

it is well known that Coal seam gas fuels dangerous climate change and 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.

CSG mining risks our clean water supply and 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.

the local aboriginal people the Gamilaraay Traditional Custodians are opposed to CSG mining here as 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.

Obviously the risk of fire will increase as Methane flare stacks up to 50m high would be running day and night, even on total fire ban days. The Pilliga is already prone to severe bushfires, this project will increase the risk of ignition.

Exploiting our land which cannot be replaced is unthinkable. Our precious land which is our home is priceless. It will remain longer than.any sum of money if we treat it well.