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Submission to the PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA – NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE:
Inquiry into Unconventional Gas (Fracking): Potential risks and impacts in the use of
hydraulic fracture stimulation to produce gas in the South East of South Australia
January 28th 2015
Introduction
Lock the Gate Alliance is a national grassroots organisation made up of thousands of individuals
and over 240 local groups who are concerned about unsafe or inappropriate mining.
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According to SACOME's submission, the use of the terminology 'unconventional' is
misleading as there is nothing unconventional about gas.
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Parliament
of
South
Australia
Natural
Resources
Committee
Inquiry
into:
Unconventional
Gas
(Fracking)
in
the
South
East
of
South
Australia
Pursuant
to
section
16(1)(a)
of
the
Parliamentary
Committees
Act
1991,
the
Committee
is
inquiring
into
potential
risks
and
impacts
in
the
use
of
hydraulic
fracture
stimulation
(Fracking)
to
produce
gas
in
the
South-‐East
of
South
Australia
and
in
particular:
1.
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It is from this viewpoint that members of DEA are deeply concerned by
the serious threats posed to health by fracture stimulation (fracking) for
unconventional (whether coal seam, shale, or tight) gas in the South East
of South Australia.
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From: Kathryn Wright [ ]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 January 2015 9:45 PM
To: Dupont, Patrick
Subject: Submission to Parliamentary Inquiry into fracking in the SE of SA
To: Parliamentary Inquiry into fracking in the SE of SA
From: Ms Kathryn Wright –
Date: 27/01/2015
As a resident of Mount Gambier – I wish to register my deep concerns in relation to the
practice of unconventional gas mining (fracking) being undertaken – particularly in the South
East of South Australia.
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Parliament of South Australia Natural Resources Committee
Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking) in the South East of South
Australia
Pursuant to section 16(1)(a) of the Parliamentary
Committees Act 1991, the Committee is inquiring into
potential risks and impacts in the use of hydraulic fracture
stimulation (Fracking) to produce gas in the South-East ofSouth Australia and in particular:
1.
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Executive Officer,
Natural Resources Committee,
GPO Box 572, Adelaide SA 5001,
By email: patrick.dupont@parliament.sa.gov.au
Parliamentary Inquiry into fracking in the South East of SA
Friends of the Earth (Australia) is a national, membership-based environmental
organisation that has been active for more than 40 years.
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Re: Inquiry into Unconventional Gas and Fracking in the south east of South Australia
I am a farmer in the Bray district in the south east of South Australia.
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31 January 2015
Dear Sir / Madam,
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Parliament
As well as providing information in relation to the 4 particular topics outlined in
your terms of reference, I have elaborated on a range of other impacts and
risks created by fracking.
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I now ask our witnesses to address us regarding the
parliamentary committee's fracking inquiry with regard to the South-East.
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