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No Coal Seam Gas Rally - Newtown, Sydney, NSW

Written by Suze Chalmers

Monday, 19 September 2011

Seems that dollars signs are all that some people can see!

On Sunday 18 September, 2011, reportedly around 2,000 people stopped the traffic in Newtown, Sydney. They were protesting against the proposed Coal Seam Gas mine in the nearby Sydney suburb of St Peters.

In November 2010 the residents of St Peters, an inner city suburb of Sydney, were alerted to the fact that the NSW government had granted an exploration licence to drill for Coal Seam Gas (CSG) close to homes and schools in St Peters. The licence had been granted with no community consultation and insufficient risk assessment.

This could so easily happen to you if we all do nothing!

Below is a slideshow of some of the sights we saw!

No Coal Seam Gas Rally - Newtown - 18 Sep 2011 - Images by Suze Chalmers

Were you there? Are you in one of these photos? What's your opinion on Coal Seam Gas mining? Does its proximity to residences or schools concern you?

Drop us line or leave a comment or head over to our facebook page and let us know! We'd love to hear from you!!

All photos © Suze Chalmers | Just One Planet

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0 #1 Melanie Butler 2011-11-07 20:33

I think protests keeps getting run incorrectly. Instead of time and date stuff, we need to pick a location and give lazy aussies the easy way to protest. You don't have to come on particular day and stay for a duration, just anytime anyone is bored or wants a day out or somewhere to go. Or next time you want to have lunch out with the family or you wanna meet someone new or read a book or whatever, go to 'this' place. Whether you paint your face 'no coal seam' or wear a shirt or write it on an A4 page, or arrange some sticks in front of you or your chips and just keep them coming on any day

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