My latest for New Matilda, on the commencement of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into coal seam gas (CSG). Leading with concerns about the potential mental health impact the CSG industry could have on rural communities, raised by a psychologist living and working in the Northern Rivers during the first inquiry hearing held last week in Alstonville:
It’s not just residents who are anxious about coal seam gas – industry groups are urging caution too, as submissions to an ongoing NSW parliamentary inquiry reveal. Kate Ausburn reports:
The coal seam gas industry (CSG) could have an impact on the mental health of farmers and communities in rural NSW, a psychologist told the first public hearing of the parliamentary inquiry intoCSG last week.
The hearing took place in Alstonville, a small town west of Ballina in the north of New South Wales. It provided an opportunity for the parliamentary inquiry committee — seven members of the NSWLegislative Council — to hear from people and groups affected by CSG.
kateausborn.com
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