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

2/03/2015 To Executive Officer, Natural Resources Committee Unconventional mining – (FRACKING) SHOULD NOT be allowed in Australia, let alone our region of The Limestone Coast.

From: Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2015 7:52 PM To: Dupont, Patrick Subject: Parliamentary Fracking Inquiry--Natural Resources Committee of SA Parliament.

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 Southeast of South Australia and in particular: 1. the risks of groundwater contamination; 2. the impacts upon landscape; 3. the effectiveness of existing legislation and regulation; and 4. the potential net economic outcomes to the region 28th January 2015 Executive Officer Natural Resources Committee GPO Box 572 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Dear Natural Resource Committee Being a South East optometrist, business owner and farmer I am compelled to write a submission on the potential risks and impacts of gas drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation (fracking) in the South East of South Australia.

From: Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2015 7:52 PM To: Dupont, Patrick Subject: Parliamentary Fracking Inquiry--Natural Resources Committee of SA Parliament.

Thu 8/01/2015 8:53 AM greg Fracking Hi The fracking is not needed for many reasons. the solar industre is now able to suply all the power needed. the fracking WILL leach into the ground water with the dealy chemicals used.

I want to explain what unconventional gas is, and certainly dispel certain potential COAL SEAM GAS AND UNCONVENTIONAL GAS EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA B.

Thu 8/01/2015 8:53 AM greg Fracking Hi The fracking is not needed for many reasons. the solar industre is now able to suply all the power needed. the fracking WILL leach into the ground water with the dealy chemicals used.

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.

From: Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2015 7:52 PM To: Dupont, Patrick Subject: Parliamentary Fracking Inquiry--Natural Resources Committee of SA Parliament.