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25.01.2022 Inland Rail - the Commonwealth has approved another financial incentive for this project in the budget. This project will involve 300 km of new line going right... through the Pilliga Forest, increasing the level of direct and indirect effects on wildlife and local hydrology. These are the impacts admitted by ARTC. the removal of 3,316 hectares of vegetation, of which 1,732 hectares is native vegetation the removal of 630 hectares of native vegetation from the Pilliga forests the removal of an estimated 13,000-30,000 hollow bearing trees the generation of 34,820 ecosystem credits and 160,421 species credits. Unfortunately their EIS on the environment was not fit for purpose and have been asked to redo the report and have subsequent meetings with government staff to help them get it right. Imagine designing a new railway line and not being able to model the flooding impacts properly! Currently, the government is waiting for their Response to Submissions. The IPC plays no role under state infrastructure development rules. Purely a minister's decision. The Commonwealth is likely to agree. The government comments on ARTC's Environmental assessment are here: See more

22.01.2022 https://www.smh.com.au//south-australia-s-disappearing-spr The Arabana Chairperson has called for protection of their Great Artesian Basin Springs: Unfortuna...tely, our springs are disappearing. The cause of the disappearance of our springs, is water that is being taken from the Great Artesian Basin by BHP’s mine at Roxby Downs. Unless something is done by the Commonwealth, our springs will disappear It is unsustainable, destructive of nature, and destructive of our culture to allow the springs to die. Will you please enact laws that ensure our mound springs and culture are recognised, respected and protected? In Arabana People's Submission No.92 to federal Juukan Caves inquiry. BHP has a lot to answer for See more

20.01.2022 Santos are leaving any final investment decision in the Narrabri production field until after a further 12-18 months of appraisal.

18.01.2022 Energy and natural resources law expert Dr Madeline Taylor has written this wonderful op ed calling on the NSW Government to slay the zombie petroleum licences.... Please share this widely. "In NSW, 12 petroleum exploration licences lie dormant, covering a staggering 56,000 square kilometres of land, including the Upper Hunter. If the state government agrees to revive these PELs, gas companies will have access to explore for coal seam gas on prime agricultural land. Regional communities could suffer severe impacts, as is the case across Queensland, where tens of thousands of active and abandoned gas wells lie scattered across prime farmland. Now, neighbouring farmers are experiencing land subsidence." See more

18.01.2022 And if Im not mistaken, the Inland Rail & a new station. "Now, Santos and Comet Ridge have applied to renew the licences, including exploration licence 428, wh...ich covers Joyce’s property. In advising the ASX of the reasons for its actions, Comet Ridge cited the Narrabri approval and federal and state government interest in supplying more gas to the eastern market." See more

17.01.2022 Media Statement by Maria Cutmore, Native Title Applicant and Traditional Owner, Gomeroi Nation.

17.01.2022 As Michael West said in his post: "The Nats will try to shove this one through today, laws to profit a few corporate irrigators which will further endanger the Murray Darling river system."

13.01.2022 Very good article from Dr Madeline Taylor, expert in energy and natural resources at Sydney Law School. Commercial viability just one of the many hurdles still facing Santos. Story here:

12.01.2022 "Gas Leak", from April 2013. This wonderful Four Corners program from 2013, should be watched by everyone again. There is so much information in there about the govt. "lack of data" before approvals, lack of monitoring of potential impacts - of governments pushing ahead because of the money that the project would bring them, etc. etc. Nearly eight years later, and what has changed? Please watch and share. https://www.abc.net.au/4corners/gas-leak/4605726

11.01.2022 Sad memory from six years ago - re exploding bores. "ON THIS DAY 6 years ago: Why the earth rumbles at Hopeland: coal seam gas...Continue reading

09.01.2022 This briefing paper explores the impacts of gas extraction on rural Australia’s natural capital, economy and social capital. It finds that increasing gas produc...tion in Australia creates obstacles to the agriculture sector’s economic viability, social cohesion, environmental stewardship and ability to meet sustainability goals. See more

07.01.2022 Please PLEASE everyone sign this petition to tell the government that we don't want their gas mines to destroy our Great Artesian Basin and our precious food-producing farms. Please sign, and share this link widely, as we need to tell the govt. that "There are many alternative sources of energy, but there is NO alternative for water." As the President of NSWFA said, "the damage is irreparable, there is no correcting it when they have destroyed our water - so how can they take the risk?" https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au//keep-gas-off-our-/

07.01.2022 So much the Beetroot "didn't know" - can't have much of a conveyancer/lawyer if he bought land "not knowing" there was a PEL over it - another pub test fail. He... also doesn't seem to know that the landholder doesn't own the gas under the land , the Crown does ,& that's always been a huge issue. "Simon Pockley, a landholder in the nearby Warrumbungle mountain range who has campaigned against coal seam gas extraction, said he believed there was a clear conflict of interest in Joyce’s landholding. Of course there is, for a public figure who stands to gain, he told the Guardian. Pockley said there was little agricultural value from the land Joyce had purchased. It was a speculative move on his part, he certainly didn’t buy the properties for their agricultural value, he said. The conflict of interest when he was deputy prime minister was that he was publicly calling for royalties. Santos was approached for comment. It said in a statement only that the petroleum exploration licence covering Joyce’s property was not part of the Narrabri gas project’s environmental approvals. It did not answer further questions."

06.01.2022 "We consider SBI (State Bank of India) should not finance this project. It's their decision, ultimately, but we've been extremely clear on the fact that, if they decide to do it, we would immediately disinvest". - Amundi (via Galilee Blockade)

06.01.2022 The Morrison government has confirmed it clashed with a key energy market body over gas price assumptions, suggesting that the government applied pressure in an attempt to advocate for a bigger role for gas in the energy system. The Morrison government insists that expanding Australia’s gas production that prices will fall. However, many market analysts, including the ACCC, have argued that the dysfunctional nature of Australia’s gas market means that increasing supply may not lead to lower prices but could lead to higher emissions. The Integrated System Plan subsequently released by AEMO in 2020 projected a more minor role for gas in the electricity market going forward, suggesting that no new gas generators will need to be constructed. https://reneweconomy.com.au/morrison-government-confirm//

05.01.2022 The only way to assess these proposals is with full cost environmental accounting. Any other method is wilfully negligent

03.01.2022 Just now on NSWRFS - one on X-Line Rd. (via Jo) https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-information/fires-near-me

01.01.2022 "The decision by the NSW Government to buy out Shenhua's mining licence for $100 million has finally brought to a conclusion the campaign by the Caroona Coal Ac...tion Group Committee to stop the mine. But it's come at a huge cost. Group spokesperson and Caroona farmer Susan Lyle estimates the local stakeholders have spent well over $130,0000 on their own research and technical reports, and almost $1.2 million in total by the committee since 2007, in fighting the mine proposal. And of course there have been the countless meetings, agenda items, and above all the stress on farming families not knowing if they had a future, with the expected loss of critical groundwater supplies. Meantime, Tambar Springs farmer David Quince, while appluading the NSW Government decision over Watermark, said the bogey of coal seam gas mining still hung over the whole Liverpool Plains area with two Petroleum Exploration Licences ( PEL 1 and 12) still active. "Even The Nationals conference has voted for these PELs to be extinguished but the politicians haven't acted on it," he said. "The Narrabri gas project has been approved and we don't need these other PELs." See more