Two hundred people rallied outside NSW parliament on November 23 and handed over 20,000 petitions that call for a moratorium on coal seam gas (CSG) mining, a royal commission into the industry's impacts on communities and the environment and a ban on fracking.
Coalition Premier Barry O'Farrell promised before the last election that his government would convoke a parliament debate on any issue upon receiving at least 10,000 petitions.
Stop CSG Sydney's Paul Benedek chaired the rally, which heard from Stop CSG Sydney's Isabel McIntosh, Lock the Gate Alliance's Drew Hutton and Stop CSG Illawarra's Jess Moore.
Green Left Weekly
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