I have visited the Narrabri area on many occasions in the past, I have relations in Gunnedah. The damage that would occur from Coal Seam Gas should be avoided at all cost. We have to protect the water tables, wildlife and our precious forests. It is unthinkable that the government would allow this to go ahead!
Consider the problems in other areas of Australia, particularly Queensland where gas wells are left spewing out their poison,not to mention the landscapes ruined forever. These companies are only interested in making a profit and then leaving. DON'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN!

We are the guardians of our magnificent land and the water resources and the animals and the plants within it. We must protect the Pilliga for future generations. If it is destroyed we cannot regain it ever again. Think about it. This is a huge responsibility. Coal Seam Gas will destroy the Pilliga, as has been said, death by a thousand cuts. We do NOT need more gas. We are on track to develop more and more renewable, non polluting energy. Gas is destructive to the physical environment as well as a contributor to global warming. Do NOT allow the CSG project to go forward. Thank you for your careful consideration of our heritage and future generations.

1. The Narrabri Gas Project risks precious water sources, including the Great Australian Basin--Australia's largest groundwater aquifer.
2. Farmers and other local community reject the project.
3. The Narrabri Gas Project has a long history of spills and leaks of toxic CSG water--Santos cannot be trusted to manage the project safely.
4. The Gamilaraay Traditional Custodians are opposed.
5. The Pilliga is a haven for threatened wildlife.
6. The nation's premier optical astronomical observatory is at risk.
7. Thousands of tonnes of salt waste will result from the project.

There is no sense in the ongoing destruction of the environment to appease the monstrous greed of huge companies. There is no sense in exporting our natural gas when it's needed here. Oh how refreshing it will be when leaders live up to their name and can be trusted to care for both our present and our future.

I am totally opposed to allowing Santos to poisoni our food bowl by drilling for coal seam gas thereby contaminating the Great Artesian Basin. Studies from the USA where fracking has been allowed show the devestation that has ensued. Please have some experts do the research before it's too late for the health and well being of our future generations.. as human beings on this planet Earth, we need clean water, clean air and uncontaminated ground.to survive.

I learned about the Pillaga when doing Rural Science at UNE.
Its a special area attacked by many interests, and should be a conservation zone not desecrated by zillions of coals seam gas wells and associated infrastructure.

The Mulgoa Valley Landcare Group objects to the extraction of coals seam gas in the Piliga Forest. Simple solutions exist to ensure that the demand for Gas within our Country is met. It does not include destroying our natural assets which CAN NEVER BE REPLACED. We encourage the Federal Government to revise the amount of Natural gas exported to other countries. That way, we we can have our Gas AND our natural assets - and not feel beholden to the powerful energy companies that have only their profits as their motivation.

As a soon-to-be ecologist the fragmentation needed for the project just does not seem justified.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. The forest is home to over 200 bird species and is internationally recognised as an Important Bird Area². The Santos gasfield would fragment 95,000 hectares of the Pilliga with well pads, roads, and water and gas pipelines--damaging vital habitat and threatening the survival of endangered species.

I do not think that this project should be approved due to the extreme likelihood of catastrophic negative impacts on the local environment. It is unconscionable to risk this haven for native plants and animals as well as the cultural importance found within the area. I believe that there is no reasonable excuse for gambling with this project. The definite potential for irreparable damage and loss of immediate local habitat and the further reaching impacts of contaminated water make this an undeniably irresponsible act and it is ignorant to pretend otherwise.

It is absolutely essential to protect the Pilliga forest. This coal seam gas proposal is, like all the others that have been attempted here in Australia and across the globe, a danger to the health of every individual.

As the world's largest gas producer Santos' proposed project is an unnecessary environmental hazard, a disaster, I believe, that we absolutely do not need to foist on generations to come

The local community of the Pilliga has strenuous objections to this project. They have been voicing them for years. it is time for all Australians to listen to them. It is time for Government to recognise their role as carers for the land they live in and understand, and accept their guidance to protect the Pilliga.

We do not need to be in the thrall of mining companies in Australia. We are resource rich, we have the greatest amount of sunlight falling on any country! We fail to harvest it intelligently. We continue to cater to businesses that are only interested in pilfering our natural resources for immediate short term gain, with no view of the future. We have become a nation driven by greed and short term thinking! Kindly turn this around. Save the Piliga, stop coal seam gas projects for once and for all!