In the middle of a climate and energy crisis, the Minns Labor Government wants to open up NSW for gas drilling and hasn’t ruled out fracking in the Great Artesian Basin - our greatest freshwater supply. They’ve also bowed to the gas lobby and given climate-wrecking gas corporations a 98% discount on exploration license costs - reducing them from $50,000 to $1,000!
The climate science is clear - no more gas. Expanding gas will jeopardise our State’s ability to meet our legislated emissions reduction targets and our international obligations. Now is the time to get off dirty fossil fuels and invest in renewable energy, which we know is cleaner, cheaper and more reliable.
In 2021, even the Liberal-National Coalition Government ruled out gas drilling in Western NSW, because they knew how controversial it is. The Minns Labor Government now risks a gas policy that is worse than even the Liberals and Nationals.
Fracking is one of the most damaging and polluting gas mining processes. It would allow our freshwater to be poisoned and drained, and threaten farmers.
We can’t let NSW Labor frack our fresh water, or open up our state to gas drilling.
Send an email to the Premier and Minister for Natural Resources now, and stop them from fracking our freshwater and drilling for gas.