Email: patrick.dupont@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Patrick, Further to my telephone all to you last week I thank you for the opportunity to make a submission on unconventional gas and fracking to the NRC Inquiry and am grateful for the extension granted for this purpose.

Clive Carlyle Email: Submission to PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking) January, 2015 I have lived and worked in the lower south east for 30 years.

SUBMISSION INTO THE INQUIRY INTO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

SUBMISSION INTO THE INQUIRY INTO HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BY THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

Page 1 of 8 Submission to: Parliament of South Australia Natural Resource Committee Enquiry Into Unconventional Gas (Fracking) Date: 30 January 2015 Contact: Peter Hackworth Executive Officer Wine Grape Council of South Australia Unit 4, 780 South Rd GLANDORE SA 5037 08 8351 4378 0439 182 411 www.wgcsa.com.au http://www.wgcsa.com.au/ Page 1 of 8 Summary of Recommendations WGCSA believes that approval for Unconventional Gas Extraction (UGE) projects should not be provided without scientific evidence that address the following concerns:  The ability of an extraction bore to maintain casing integrity and therefore isolation from aquifers, not just for the life of the extraction but for centuries after the mine closes  The contamination, as a result of well integrity failure on an aquifer used for irrigation and/or human consumption from: o chemicals/sand used to extract gas o methane and other extracted gases

Page 1 of 8 Submission to: Parliament of South Australia Natural Resource Committee Enquiry Into Unconventional Gas (Fracking) Date: 30 January 2015 Contact: Peter Hackworth Executive Officer Wine Grape Council of South Australia Unit 4, 780 South Rd GLANDORE SA 5037 08 8351 4378 0439 182 411 www.wgcsa.com.au http://www.wgcsa.com.au/ Page 1 of 8 Summary of Recommendations WGCSA believes that approval for Unconventional Gas Extraction (UGE) projects should not be provided without scientific evidence that address the following concerns:  The ability of an extraction bore to maintain casing integrity and therefore isolation from aquifers, not just for the life of the extraction but for centuries after the mine closes  The contamination, as a result of well integrity failure on an aquifer used for irrigation and/or human consumption from: o chemicals/sand used to extract gas o methane and other extracted gases

1 Submission to
 PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking)
 January, 2015 From Heather Gibbons, ) Contents Introduction 1.

1 Submission to
 PARLIAMENT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking)
 January, 2015 From Heather Gibbons, ) Contents Introduction 1.

31 January 2015 Executive Officer Natural Resources Committee GPO Box 572 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Email: patrick.dupont@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Mr Dupont, Inquiry into Unconventional Gas (Fracking): Submission from the South East Local Government Association The South East Local Government Association is pleased to provide this submission to the Natural Resources Committee’s inquiry into the potential risks and impacts in the use of hydraulic fracture stimulation (Fracking) to produce gas in the South East of South Australia.

Email: patrick.dupont@parliament.sa.gov.au cc parnell@parliament.sa.gov.au secretary@protectlimestonecoast.org.au Re: Inquiry into Unconventional Gas and Fracking in SE of SA Community Alliance SA is a not for profit, non-political organisation comprised of volunteers from member groups working with local communities to address planning issues at the local and State level.