Dear supporters of CSG Free Northern Rivers,

Thank you for all the awesome efforts from so many of you over the summer months at the various actions, blockades and gas field free events that have been going on around the region.

We have copied below the latest national Lock the Gate newsletter which gives updates and news from around the country. There is also information on how to join or renew your membership with the Lock the Gate Alliance plus the opportunity to make a regular monthly donation as a land, water or future defender.

We would like to encourage all of you who are members of local anti-CSG groups across the region to become individual members of the Alliance. By building our numbers we gather much needed campaign funds, strengthen our networking and co-ordination capabilities and increase our ability to influence political processes at a national level. We are up against multinational corporations with enormous power, and it is only by becoming a more cohesive national force that can rapidly reach hundreds of thousands of people when needed we will be really be able to succeed.

By becoming a member of Lock the Gate you are making a valuable contribution to stopping the spread of destructive gas mining across our region and throughout Australia. Please take the time to join today,

Best wishes,

Boudicca Cerese & Ian Gaillard

Co-ordinators- Lock the Gate Northern Rivers

Dear Minister,

I wonder what incentive you have for the incredible comments you made in the Daily Telegraph : Not one unsafe gas well we can point to ?

There is an entire movie about unsafe gas wells in the USA called Gaslands. I suppose from your comments you haven’t seen this, or the many similar docos filmed in Australia. Don’t you know about the Condamine River boiling like a pot on the stove? Or the results of the SCU fugitive methane study. Or the toxic materials dumped/leaking in the Pillaga?

NSW is vitally concerned for the health and well-being of our community. Have you listened to the stories of people whose health was damaged by gasfield development near Chinchilla, Queensland ?

As for our local CSG company, Metgasco has been cited 4 times in the past year for breaches of regulations. (see below.)

http://www.resources.nsw.gov.au/environment/compliance-and-enforcement/dres-register

Division of Resources & Energy’s register of non-compliance for 2012 | NSW Trade & Investment

www.resources.nsw.gov.au

Below is DRE’s register of non-compliance with the Mining Act 1992 and the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 listing all breaches that have resulted in a:

Finally, Mr. Hartcher, you are sounding a lot like the once-mighty ALP Ministers who scorned public opinion and now face ICAC questioning. Have you been promised something to promote this industry?

I request an urgent reply .

Sincerely,

Scott Sledge

President,

Northern Rivers Guardians, Inc.