Western Downs AllianceConflicting opinion from the APPEA Conference!
I find it interesting the comments being released from inside the APPEA conference regarding the Anti CSG movement, it makes one wonder just who David Byers is trying to convince with his comments- ‘the protests were now nothing more than background noise’,also calling us ‘professional protestors’ David Byers, just like Rick Wilkinson needs a reality [...]
APPEA Coal Seam Gas Conference Oct 9 2012
LOCKED-OUT QLD AND NSW COMMUNITIES CONVERGE ON CSG CONFERENCE Under the banner of the Lock the Gate Alliance (LTGA), community groups from across QLD and NSW will converge on the Brisbane Convention Centre on Tuesday, 9th October, to protest their exclusion from the Australian Petroleum and Production Association (APPEA)’s inaugural Coal Seam Gas Conference and [...]
Update on QLD Health
So far to date, QLD Health have been collecting data from doctors surgeries, hospitals and 13HEALTH relating to people who believe they could be impacted by CSG. Dr Penelope Hutchinson has made contact with several impacted residents, but up til now that is all that has happened. Apparently they need MORE people to come forward. After many emails to [...]
The Monks water bore
Meet the Monk family, who’s water bore has become ignitable since CSG development began near their property at Kogan. Their children/grandchildren have since become sick, believed to be caused by the problem with the waterbore. They have had to leave the comfort of their home and relocate to the other end of their property into 2 [...]
What its like living in the gasfields near Tara, Queensland
Interview with the Palmer family, who have become sick since moving to their property in the Kate gasfield, located in the Wieambilla Estate near Tara. They have several gas wells and venting pipes in the area near their property. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZowX4KWKVf0&feature=related
The Condamine River Gas Blowout – CSG – Part 1
What the Governments not telling us about the bubbling Condamine River. This is just the beginning of the destruction of our river systems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIGvyVt1kFI
Living next door to toxic coal seam gas ponds
We try to explain in this clip the health impacts that the evaporation/storage ponds used in the coal seam gas cleaning process present to local residents. Please tell us how these could possibly be lawful, let alone legal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2WoAK-fL-I
Residents concerned Hydrogen Sulphide causing illness in Tara Estates!
Residents of the Tara Estates have raised concerns over a ‘rotten egg’ smell, believed to be hydrogen sulphide, impacting on the health of residents. At present we have 19 families who have contacted the Gasfield Community Support Group complaining of similiar symptoms. Symptoms include: nosebleeds, headaches,skin rashes,burning itchy eyes,respitory problems and even siezures. Letter from [...]
Raising the awareness!
In recent weeks, members of the Western Downs Alliance have been distributing leaflets, raising the awareness about the negative impacts of Coal Seam Gas. Leaflets were also distributed to CSG workers in the Chinchilla area, and we have had a lot of feedback since . We have had calls from numerous workers telling us we have to [...]
The power of locking your gate
Aidan Ricketts is a lecturer at the School of Law and Justice at SCU where his research and teaching specialisation is in the area of community activism and public interest advocacy. He is the author of the recently released Activists Handbook and a prominent activism trainer. A question that is constantly being asked recently is [...]