Three thousand people marched over the Seacliff Bridge near Clifton against coal seam gas mining on October 16. Photo: Michael O'Brien/Stop CSG Illawarra
Stop CSG Illawarra’s Jess Moore gave the speech below at the 3000-strong rally against coal seam gas mining that took place in Clifton, north of Wollongong, on October 16.
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Like so many people who live in the north Illawarra, there is a creek that flows through my backyard. Most of those creeks come from aquifers: the Hawkesbury Sandstone Aquifer System that the coal seam gas companies want to drill through to get the gas.
This campaign is about our future and our right to protect this area — to protect our drinking water, our food and our future.
Green Left Weekly
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