Australia is unique for its natural landscape and needs to be protected. Safe clean water supply is very precious, & it is under huge risk of impairment due to the Narrabri gasfield proposal.
We must protect the free flowing waters for the people of the Pilliga and wider.
And in honour of the caretakers of the land, the Gamilaraay peoples. Stop this natural disaster before it goes further.

Coal seam gas is harmful to health. Neither the NSW Government nor Santos have
investigated or dealt with the serious health effects of coal seam gas now appearing in
peer-reviewed research in the United States.

It will cause economic upheaval in Narrabri and put agricultural industries at risk, as well
as causing light pollution that will ruin the dark night sky needed by the internationally
renowned Siding Spring Observatory.

It is not justified: Santos' own coal seam gas export activities in Queensland have caused
gas prices to rise and supply to become unpredictable. NSW should respond to this by
investing in more reliable and ultimately cheaper renewable energy, not by letting Santos
inflict more environmental, social and economic harm.

It will cause more trauma to the regional Aboriginal community because the area of
impact is crucially important to the spiritual, cultural and social life of Gamilaraay people.

It will lead to large deliberate and fugitive emissions of methane, adding to climate
change.

It will cause significant diversion of water from a recharge aquifer of the Great Artesian
Basin, which is a water resource relied upon by rural communities across western NSW.

It will clear close to 1,000 hectares of the Pilliga Forest, fragmenting the largest
temperate woodland in New South Wales, home to unique wildlife.

It will extract over 35 billion litres of toxic groundwater, much of it in the first five years.
This water will be treated and in the early years will generate tens of thousands of tonnes
of salt, for which there is no safe disposal plan.

I object to Santos's plans for a coal seam gas field in Narrabri's Pilliga Forest. We are farmers who rely on river water and ground water for irrigation. After much research we have come to the conclusion that gas fields will have a negative effect on our ability to continue farming in this area. We are concerned about pollution to both these water resources. The draw downs forecast to the aquifers will effect every farm in this valley, this is our security, our reason why this is a great place to live and work. I have seen the changing landscape and community dynamics that CSG has brought to Queensland and do not want it in my neighbourhood this toxic industry has no place here or Australia.

There is no gas shortage in Australia except that manufatured by inept management of resources.

the natural ecology and environment of the Pillaga natural Forest is a recreational and scientific research resource for many generations to come.

This environment has been a resource and a home to the indigenous people for thousands of years.

Allowing gas exploration and any gas extraction in this area is illogical.

Short term gain for massive long term destruction and damage cannot be countenanced.

Renewables should,could and will make Australia great.

The Pillaga Forest area is unique habitat, it belongs to the all the people of the world and to all the future people of the world.

Exploitation by gas companies when they do not take responsibility for the damage they cause, when they do not look to the future of humanity with timely research on alternatives, when they do not invest in anything greed and do not pay taxes,
is ludicrous.

Gas companies being willing to exploit the environment at such great cost in damage and pollution and threat to the water table, are all to clearly showing their lack of integrity and are unlikely to maintain the high standards of care they proclaim (never having done so elsewhere in the world)

This is a precious environment and they unique and pristine environments are fast disappearing all over the world.

It is a carbon sink, a tourist attraction and part of the indigenous peoples identity and part of Australia's worth.

Do not allow gas companies any where near it.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to express my deep disquiet at the proposal to remove CSG from under the Piliga Forest.

There are many other ways to meet our country's power needs, including several renewable options like wind and solar.

CSG drilling has been a nightmare in Queensland and in the US. Groundwater has been contaminated, river beds can be ignited due to seeping gas and farmland is ruined. I do not think there is any justification for taking a chance on wrecking the Piliga Forest or the adjacent fertile farm land.

There are so many reasons I object to this proposal, it is hard to know where to start. To name just a few...

Environmentally, there are so many obvious threats and risks - particularly to precious water resources in this area, with extraction methods highly likely to reduce water pressure and compromise the environmental integrity of springs and bores across a huge area. And that's not even considering the impact of spills and leaks (which Santos has a disgraceful history of)...

There are also well documented risks to local threatened and endangered wildlife species and habitats across the Pilliga.

And given that Santos has no solution for disposing of the salt waste from this project it will leave a toxic legacy in the local environment for decades to come.

And the bigger picture of course is that projects like this directly contribute to dangerous climate change through the leakage of methane - one of the most harmful greenhouse gases. Already one of the highest per capita greenhouse gas emitters in the world, the last thing Australia should be doing is approving projects that will increase our emissions.

Traditional owners, with responsibilities to protect their country, are strongly opposed to this project, so to go ahead and approve it in the face of this opposition is just completely disrespectful and morally wrong.

There is also very clear evidence of overwhelming opposition from the local community, including farmers and landowners. Why would the government put the vested commercial interests of a private company above those of so many other stakeholders, stakeholders who actually have a long-term interest in protecting their country and their communities, rather than a short term interest in simply profiting from its natural resources?

Finally, Santos has such an outrageously poor record with regards to environmental management that it simply cannot be trusted. The company has previously contaminated freshwater aquifers in the Pilliga with uranium, lead, arsenic and barium. Why in the world should this kind of record be rewarded with an approval to continue their business in this precious and fragile part of our country??

I urge you, in the strongest possible way, to reject this application.

I object to the Narrabri Gas Project due to its adverse social impacts on the people of the State of New South Wales. This project will have an adverse effect on the human rights of the citizens of this state.

The enormous carbon footprint of this project due to large fugitive emissions of methane will significantly add to the risk of catastrophic climate change. This will affect people's rights such as: the right to life, health, subsistence, shelter and water.

I believe the State of NSW has a duty to protect its citizens and therefore ask that this project be disallowed.

Resounding objections to all coal seam gas projects, including current proposal affecting Pillage region, has been continually put forward by traditional land custodians, community members and farmers. Studies of previous projects in the global community lend no support to the suggestion that coal Seam gas is essential or beneficial to any flora, fauna, or the human race. There is only the illusion of short term financial gain for corrupt short sighted businesses and politicians supporting this scheme.
The proposal has irreversible environmental impact - damage caused by installing the infrastructure is only the start of the devastation. Water sources and courses will be destroyed, altered, poisoned. Native wildlife will face habitat & food loss. A change in vegetation will pose increased risk of fires and further destruction.
What a sensible approach to current and future energy use should entail is a decrease in senseless energy waste through improved education and implementation of RENEWABLE energy on & off grid. There is ample supply of energy, food and resources in Australia. It is its use & distribution that is disproportionate, resulting in WASTE.

Dear Sir/Madam --

I am writing to you in protest of the Narrabri Gas Project

Santos proposes to drill 850 new CSG gas wells in the Pilliga region. The local custodians of this area, the Gamilaraay people, are asking us to stand with them for "things beyond us" and say no to this proposal that threatens land and culture.

By all accounts, it's basically a bad idea - threatens the groundwater supply through pollution as well as threatening the recharge system, the flow of local waterways, bird habitat, large land clearing etc etc Santos has a history of spills and leaks of toxic CSG water and the drilling would produce 100 tonnes of toxic salt waste every day at peak production.

Santos Narrabri Gas Project I am deeply concerned that the proposal by Santos will be the cause of irrevocable damage not only to the Pillaga but to the Great Artesian Basin. We must do all we can to protect what remains of our environment and the precious habitats of our unique fauna and flora, so unique that they are not found anywhere else on the planet.. Australia's record for destruction is abysmal.
THIS PROJECT MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COSTS!