The CSG scare campaign is ridiculous. The CSG industry has been around for a decade and is well established in several parts of Qld. There is no evidence of widespread environmental damage or of damage to water supplies. In fact, CSG is providing a new source of treated water for agriculture.

Totally agree.

There is no free lunch.

We are interfering with things that are not well understood.

If we make a mistake, the damage could be irreversible.

It is not worth taking risks of this magnitude with water.

Without it, everything stops.

EEMAG's evidence is Environmental Impact Studies grossly understate mining's negative impacts on the aquifer & OMIT to consider negative socio-economic impacts

EIS Consultants are commissioned & paid by the Company. This is NOT an independent assessment Evidence shows the consultants' objective is to produce an EIS to satisfy regulators the project should proceed

It's WAY past time for reform of Impact Assessment processes so potentially affected landholders & their experts are included & empowered (NOT outweighed)

TRUST must be earned, it CANNOT be legislated.

@Stevo, I don't agree, many other sources of data and the even the daytoday news have highlighted the reports of contaminated water, land & air, also the well documented land value losses of those lucky enough to only even have the industry nearby. It's clear that when CSG companies & promoters make statements regarding the amount of controls & guidelines in place to regulate the industry they always forget to tell the controls are special weak watered down versions of what the rest of us must comply. they can draw unlimited water, clear forrest, dump dirty waste water into rivers, NO CSG

Stevo is right. There does not seem to be a limit to the lies and more lies put out by a desperate Green left to shut down an industry which will plainly forestall their pipe dreams for a glorious renewable energy future. All these claims about water pollution are rediculous when examined closely. As for land prices dropping, that could be sheeted home to the hysterical propoganda put out by the Greens and their ABC mouthpiece.

Let there be no mistake industrial impacts reduce land values Two documented cases in Central Qld

See www.eemag.net for 2002 Land Court determination of 25 % reduction in unimproved values due to mine dewatering in 33 sq km zone & subsequent blighting of 170 sq kms due to unspecified water loss

See testimony by Keith McGavin re atmospheric impacts at Targinnie due to Shale Oil Project

These projects began with the usual hoop la about tough regulations & controllable impacts

It may be good economics for Resources Co's to deny liability but it is a BAD policy for TRUST building