NSW Resources and Energy Minister Chris Hartcher told a local audience a balance needed to be found between the state's energy needs and their concerns over the environmental impacts of coal-seam gas mining at a public forum on Saturday.
But local anti-coal seam gas protesters say they don't want mining on their land or near water catchments.
More than 70 people were at the Rivers SOS regional meeting at Cawdor Public School to hear details of the government's draft strategic land-use and aquifer-interference policies.
Mr Hartcher was joined by Labor's environment spokesman Luke Foley and NSW Greens mining spokesman Jeremy Buckingham as well as local MPs and councillors.
Members concerned about the expansion of coal mining and coal seam gas extraction in the area were vocal during the panel discussion.
Mr Foley said the government's draft strategic regional land-use policy fell short of what was promised. "It provides no comfort and it certainly doesn't deliver on the election promise of no-go areas," he said.
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