Queensland's booming coal seam gas industry is a controversial one.
Whilst it's attracting multi-billons in investment and creating jobs, some in farming and green circles have serious concerns about its environmental impact.
In Queensland coal seam gas is a natural gas, mostly methane and its found in underground coals seams in ares like the Surat and Bowen Basins.
According to many of the CSG company's the coal seams contain gas and water and in the extraction process, wells are sunk to get the CSG to the surface.
It's then converted into liquefied natural gas or LNG and while the bulk of it will be exported, some is already being used in domestic electricity production.
Debate about CSG has seen an unlikely alliance between farmers and environmentalists and it has seen some colourful protests and blockades.
This week protesters took their concerns to Brisbane, where they went to both the labor and LNP party offices and into the crucial seat of Ashgrove.
One protester was Ruth Armstrong from Cecil Plains on the Darling Downs.
ABC Rural
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