Friday, April 20

Public in defiant mood over CSG



Planning minister Brad Hazzard spoke to a large crowd at the Casino RSM

"NO coal seam gas, no coal seam gas."

This was the chant that erupted yesterday afternoon at the Casino RSM club at the end of a two hour public meeting that was called to discuss the O'Farrell Government's draft Regional Strategic Land use policy.

Anti-coal seam gas (CSG) signs and banners adorned the room and it didn't take long for NSW planning minister Brad Hazzard to realise he would be fielding few questions about the land use policy.

People from children to adults were adorned in their Don't frack with me anti CSG T-shirts, some of them standing defiantly with signs in their hands and their mouths taped up for the duration of the meeting.

The meeting, which was called by Lismore MP Thomas George, was opened by Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis before Mr Hazzard spoke for 15 minutes and then took questions from the passionate public gallery for an hour and 45 minutes.

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