A Clarence Valley woman recently sent the following email to Andrew Stoner, M.P., Deputy Premier of NSW and Leader of the NSW National Party.
Dear Mr Stoner
I send this email to you with sadness in my heart as I reflect upon your recent statement about Coal Seam Gas as quoted below:
"The extremists in this debate will never be pleased, no matter what.
We won't be dealing with those people. We're dealing with people who are
making constructive suggestions as to how we can protect our farm future
whilst also reaping the benefits of resources development."
My understanding has always been that our elected politicians are ‘in power’ to protect and listen to their people. Apparently this is not the case.
Are you not voted into parliament by the people and for the people? Do the concerns of the people not matter to you any more? Do the money hungry mining magnates and mining companies, being allowed by your government to rape our land of national resources, (and yes, they do belong to the crown not a handful full of greedy mining executives) matter more to you and your government than the majority of constituents in NSW?
I was in Sydney at the Save our Land and Water Rally earlier this year and saw you stand up in front of at least 7,000 people, and heard you state that, your government would not allow any new Coal Seam Gas (CSG) Evaporation Ponds in NSW. Well Mr Stoner, I can tell you (and I’m sure you already know), that a new CSG evaporation pond is being built near Casino in NSW. And yes, we all know that they and the government are calling it a ‘Holding Pond’ and not an evaporation pond. Do you think that the community are so out of touch that they don’t know what is going on?
Dear Mr Stoner
I send this email to you with sadness in my heart as I reflect upon your recent statement about Coal Seam Gas as quoted below:
"The extremists in this debate will never be pleased, no matter what.
We won't be dealing with those people. We're dealing with people who are
making constructive suggestions as to how we can protect our farm future
whilst also reaping the benefits of resources development."
My understanding has always been that our elected politicians are ‘in power’ to protect and listen to their people. Apparently this is not the case.
Are you not voted into parliament by the people and for the people? Do the concerns of the people not matter to you any more? Do the money hungry mining magnates and mining companies, being allowed by your government to rape our land of national resources, (and yes, they do belong to the crown not a handful full of greedy mining executives) matter more to you and your government than the majority of constituents in NSW?
I was in Sydney at the Save our Land and Water Rally earlier this year and saw you stand up in front of at least 7,000 people, and heard you state that, your government would not allow any new Coal Seam Gas (CSG) Evaporation Ponds in NSW. Well Mr Stoner, I can tell you (and I’m sure you already know), that a new CSG evaporation pond is being built near Casino in NSW. And yes, we all know that they and the government are calling it a ‘Holding Pond’ and not an evaporation pond. Do you think that the community are so out of touch that they don’t know what is going on?
Clarence Valley Conservation inc
About CVC :
The Clarence Valley Conservation Coalition (CVCC) is a Grafton-based community group which has members throughout the Clarence Valley in northern New South Wales. Since its formation in 1988, it has been actively involved in a range of environmental issues in the local community and beyond.
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