Yes Paul1405, I agree that the conservative Govt's we get in this country are particularly damaging and destructive when it comes to development at any cost as you say. Labor seems to be headed in this direction also , but not all of the party.

I am not a Green member, but I think CSG is a massive problem , not just for the owners of arable land upon which CSG operators conduct their business, but for the entire community the plants and animals, all the way down to the microbes.

We are talking serious and repeated poisoning of the environment here. This is more damaging than nuclear energy which endows the problem of disposal of its waste product to future citizens. This one starts polluting from the get/go. You get the downside as you go and most probably in a way that can never be reversed or rectified. It is madness personified.

This is the most flagrant abuse of our planet, that man has devised thus far. It flies on a wing and a prayer and a hope that the planet will repair itself afterwards, without the slightest understanding of the possibilities/consequences associated with living on a post fracked planet.