I watched the documentary Frackman in Tamworth on Wednesday night.
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It’s a powerful film about the destruction of the farmlands around Chinchilla, foreshadowing what we can expect for the Liverpool Plains.
Dayne Pratsky’s film vividly illustrates the depression, hopelessness and physical illness felt by farmers and their families living in a gas field.
The coal seam gas companies, including Santos, are experiencing an extensive shortfall of gas for export.
The large, expensive plant at Curtis Island is designed to manage enormous quantities of gas.
This has not been available.
Communities are locking the gate, and gas production is way down; and so the companies are looking further afield to make up their shortfall.
This filthy industry would not have gone ahead had Labor and the NLP not received substantial political donations from coal seam gas mining companies.
The EPA, who will readily fine a small business for a small oil spill, are not able to see large tracts of dead forest in The Pilliga, or detect a gas well leaking methane.
Santos were fined $1500 for contaminating an aquifer; I was fined $2200 for trying to protect the aquifers by locking on to a truck in the forest.
I have accepted nomination as Greens candidate for the seat of Tamworth because The Greens are the only party who stand for no coal seam gas and no new coal mines or mine expansion.
The Greens are determined to clean up politics, to ensure transparency in decision making.
The Greens support communities, not corporations, and believe corporations should not be able to buy our government.
To clean up politics and stop CSG mining, vote Green or independent in the lower house, and The Greens in the upper house.
Pat Schultz is The Greens candidate forthe electorate of Tamworth