Podcasts about coal seam gas

The Cop28 climate summit concluded in Dubai last week with a deal that some have described as ‘historic' and others merely ‘incremental'. This caps off a year when the Albanese government pushed ahead with significant climate and environmental reforms, all while remaining the world's third-biggest fossil fuel exporter. Climate and environment editor Adam Morton speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about the biggest environment and climate stories of the year and why Australia is a country at odds with itself on the climate crisis. You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

CLIMATE ACTION SHOWOCTOBER 2ND 2023Produced by Vivien Langford STOP COAL SEAM GAS RALLY AT NSW PARLIAMENT  " If the LNG build out continues in USA, Canada and Australia - its sheer size will overwhelm our efforts to rein in global warming" Bill Mc Kibben Speakers :  Gomeroi, NSW Farmers ,Unions NSW and Climate activists defend the Pilliga against Santos GasBernie Hobbs M.C.- Knitting Nannas Gomeroi People from the land where Santos Gas Project threatens the Great Artesian Basin watersRaymond Bubbly WetherallSue-Ellen TigheKara Kinchella Parliamentarians in support of stopping Coal seam gas projects affecting Liverpool plains farmlandRoy Butler - MP for Bowen (Narrabri, Broken Hill, Cobar)Cate Faehrmann - Greens MP in NSW Upper HouseDr Joe Mc Gurr - MP for Wagga WaggaJeremey Buckingham - Member of the NSW Legislative Council and Legalise Cannabis Party Farmers defending the food bowl against the contamination of Coal seam GasXavier Martin - President of the NSW Farmers FederationDoug Friend - FarmerJoy Beves - Prsident of the Country Womens' Association Unionists defending Gomeroi People, workers and a safe climate for all of usVanessa Seagrove - General Secretary of Unions NSW OVERSEAS NEWSFrance wants to replace gas, fuel heaters with heat pumps - minister | ReutersThe Biden Administration's Next Big Climate Decision | The New Yorker  by Bill Mc Kibben  QUIZ send your 5 answers to: vivienlangford6@gmail.com. If you include your postal address a book prize will arrive.1. How much gas does Australia export?2. Where do we export gas to?3. Export terminals where are they in Australia?4. Where is Shell's half kilometer long Prelude Gas processing facility? Clue it's floating.5. What do Tunisia, France, Quebec and Victoria have in common with regard to fracking? TO GET INVOLVED CONTACT  LOCK THE GATE ALLIANCESYDNEY RALLY - Stop Coal Seam Gas: Save the Pilliga and Liverpool Plains - Lock the Gate   

Negotiations over Labor's major climate policy are in deadlock. With the government's tight deadline to pass its bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions looming, what's holding up this deal? And what's at stake if the parties fail to reach a compromise?Guardian Australia's climate and environment editor Adam Morton joins Jane Lee to discuss the details of Labor's safeguard mechanism and who will be crucial to its success

With Labor requiring the support of the Greens to pass the safeguard mechanism, the party's leader talks to the Guardian Australia political editor, Katharine Murphy, about its stance on stopping new oil and gas projects and what it is willing to negotiate on. They also discuss party leadership, superannuation tax changes and social housing

Coal seam gas plans for the Pilliga Forrest in New South Wales defy the position taken by Australia's Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, at the recent COP15 talks in Montreal - "‘Shameful day for Australia': Santos given green light to drill 850 gas wells in native forest"; "This global pact to save biodiversity is historic but will it give nature a ‘fighting chance'?"; "Labor facing test of green credentials in fight over native logging"; "The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here's why Australia did us proud". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/robert-mclean/message

Annie Wright's career in the music industry began in Sydney Australia in 1974 when she was just 19 years of age Anne, with RCA Records. Young and naive, Annie paved her way to becoming one of the most respected women in the industry, who kept her feet firmly planted on the ground whilst working with the greatest musical talents including ABBA, John Denver, Bruce Springsteen, and one of Australia's best female artists, Renee Geyer, best known for her song, "Its A Man's World". Eventually Annie moved into the film industry and for a short period in politics, fighting against Coal Seam Gas in Australia.  It is hard to capture Annie in a 45 minute interview but I tried. #music #singers #musicindustry #musicproducer #RCArecords #JohnDenver #ABBA #entertainment #musiclovers #brucespringsteen #reneegeyer #travel #musicawards #popmusic #soulmusic #countrymusic #concerts #bands #livemusic #recordindustry #careerhighlights 

Suellyn Tighe on the Gomeroi opposition to coal-seam gas wells in the Pilliga.

Lorena Allam and Lindon Coombes discuss the Federal Election and Karlie Noon sheds some light on her new book Astronomy: Sky Country

Lorena Allam and Lindon Coombes discuss the Federal Election and Karlie Noon sheds some light on her new book Astronomy: Sky Country

Suellyn Tighe on the Gomeroi opposition to coal-seam gas wells in the Pilliga.

On Monday April 11 the Native Title Tribunal will consider applications lodged by Santos seeking permission to press ahead with its Pilliga (Narrabri) coal-seam gas project, despite the staunch opposition of Gomeroi people.

Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has made a multibillion-dollar bid to buy energy company AGL – Australia's biggest greenhouse gas emitter – and speed up its exit from coal. In response, prime minister Scott Morrison and AGL executives have warned this plan could raise electricity prices and cost jobs. Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Guardian Australia's climate and environment editor Adam Morton about this historic bid and what it says about Australia's lack of planning for a cleaner future

The Labor party has unveiled their plan to tackle climate change, including an emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030. But is it up to the task of addressing the climate crisis? And after 12 years of broken politics around climate change, is Australia finally ready for serious action? Environment editor Adam Morton speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about how Labor's plan compares to the Coalition's, and the future of climate policy in Australia

Katharine Murphy speaks to the federal shadow treasurer about the ALP's economic and climate policy ahead of an election year

Katharine Murphy speaks to New South Wales energy minister Matt Kean about the state's plan to cut emissions in half by 2030 – a move that has added pressure on the Morrison government to act on climate change Matt Kean urges moderates to push party harder on net zero

The federal treasurer joins Katharine Murphy to discuss the Coalition government's approach to the pandemic recovery, and climate plans in preparation for Cop26 Josh Frydenberg admits climate change a major preoccupation in global markets

Katharine Murphy speaks with the federal resources minister, Keith Pitt, about the government's gas-fired recovery plan, the export of energy resources and Australia's record on climate action

This is the podcast companion to our latest Honest Government Ad: watch it hereYou can also view this podcast on our YouTube channel - which we recommend as it contains lots of visuals to help you follow the conversation.Thanks to Nathan Hall for transcribing this podcast (click Transcript to view)Here are the links to all the calls to action mentioned by Naomi. If you're in Queensland:Lock the Gate: Stop OriginProtect the Bush Alliance - Channel CountryIf you're in NSW:CSG Free: Pilliga ForestIf you're in the NT:Seed: Stop Origin fracking the NTLock the Gate: Stop OriginDon't Frack the NTIf you're in WA:Kimberley: Ban frackingBurrtup Hub: Don't sign off on ScarbaroughBurrup Hub: 10 reasons why the Burrup Hub should not go aheadIf you're in Victoria:Friends of the Earth: Drill WatchWherever you are:Switch your power away from CSG and frackingLinks to Sandi Keane / Michael West articles about the Bom:° Aug 2020 Bureau of Meteorology: under pressure to toe the Coalition line on climate change?° Dec 2020 Undue Influence: oil and gas giants infiltrate Australia's Bureau of Meteorology° Jan 2021 Zero Attribution: Australia's Bureau of Meteorology keeps silent on climate scienceYou can follow Naomi Hogan hereYou can visit Lock the Gate hereYou can follow Stephen King hereIf you enjoyed this podcast please subscribe and most importantly, recommend it to others! This podcast was produced thanks to our Patrons. If you'd like to help keep us going, you can support us on Patreon or via these other options.Follow us on Youtube | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. Presenters: Jacob Andrewartha & Zane AlcornNewsreportsJacobin Editor Bhaskar Sunkara publishes ill informed article in the Guardian calling for nuclear power. Simon Butler issues a response at climate and capitalism - "ten reasons why climate activists should not support Nuclear power"Building collapse in Miami; 100 people missing after 12 storey building collapses. The building was constructed in 1981. Deregulation of construction may offer an explanation; here in Australia dodgy buildings have been popping up with apartment owners left to carry the cost of expensive rectification of issues like structural defects and flammable cladding.Minimum wage rise, reforms fail low paid and guest workersInterviews and DiscussionsJacob and Zane speak with Sol Salby, a member of Melbourne's progressive Jewish community and grassroots activist about the recent Israeli elections. Salbe said that Israel has "weird" political dynamics and doesn't fit any molds and argues that the recent election of a hung parliament may have gotten rid of longstanding right wing prime minister Benjamin Netayahu, but the political composition of the Knesset hasn't really changed much.You can listen to the individual interview here. Jacob and Zane speak with Elena Garcia, a farmer based near Chinchilla in Queensland, about the new 'Socialist Plan for a rural and regional covid recovery' by Socialist Alliance. Garcia, who was a co-author of the plan, says the removal of the jobseeker supplement and jobkeeper have disproportionally affected rural communities. Garcia explains that supermarkets have squeezed farmers by paying low prices for produce; this has forced many farmers to look for off-farm work, including in mining and gas, which are damaging to farmland. The impact of Coal Seam Gas extraction on the local economy in Chinchilla has been devastating.The rural and regional recovery plan calls for subsidies, a revival of a 'land army' system that facilitates seasonal farm workers being taken to towns needing workers and being paid at least award wages; the nationalisation of the supermarket chains under community control; and the re-establishment of publicly owned rural banks and insurers offering cheap finance and insuranceYou can listen to the individual interview here. 

Listen to ASX-listed State Gas Executive Chairman, Richard Cottee talk to Matt Birney on the Bulls N' Bears Report about the company's recent coal seam gas drilling success and plans to get into production in QLD. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Pilliga is the largest temperate forest we have left in the state, yet the government wants to carve up precious habitat and risk poisoning groundwater for a coal seam gas field. Hear from the community on the ground fighting to protect the Pilliga Forest from 850 coal seam gas wells.  We talk with Jane Judd from Friends of the Pilliga and Coonabarabran Residents Against Gas and ecologist David Paull about Santos' plans to carve up the environment for coal seam gas.

When Teresa Trindall thought coronavirus had reached the small, remote town of Coonamble in north-west New South Wales earlier this year, she was terrified. - Teresa Trindall telah berjuang di dua garis depan tahun ini; menjaga pasiennya agar aman dari virus corona dan berjuang untuk menyelamatkan negaranya dari Proyek Gas Narrabri

Hemşire Teresa Trindall bu yıl iki cephede savaştı; hastalarını koronavirüsten korumak ve yaşadığı yeri Narrabri Gaz Projesi'nden kurtarmak.

Coronavirus was just another challenge in 2020 for Coonamble nurse Teresa Trindall, who is also campaigning against a coal seam gas project.

Nữ y tá Teresa Trindall chiến đấu trên cả hai mặt trận trong năm nay, trước nhất là giữ cho bệnh nhân an toàn khỏi coronavirus và sau nữa là chiến đấu cho cộng đồng chống lại kế hoạch khai thác khí đốt tại Narrabi. Với bà, đây là một năm hoàn toàn khác biệt với những năm trước đây.

Jan O'Leary was a guest on Rights, Rorts and Rants on 13 November. Jan is an activist, founder of Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains and BMUC member. "Out in the Pilliga forest, near Narrabri, in North West NSW, gas giant Santos want to drill 850 coal seam gas wells. It's the only CSG production project proposed in NSW, and farmers, Traditional Owners and environmentalists have been campaigning to protect the Pilliga and stop it becoming an industrial gasfield for years." CSG Free North West's website https://www.csgfreenorthwest.org.au Jan wrote a submission to the Independent Planning Commission of NSW hearing assessing the project's approval on behalf of the BMUC (Blue Mountains Unions and Community) with a focus on worker safety. The Commission received 10,000 submissions mostly against the project and 400 experts spoke at public hearings. However, the project was approved on 30 September 2020 with 134 conditions or modifications imposed on Santos in relation to their proposal. The fight is not over and CSG Free North West's website have actions you can take. More information is available from Stop Coal Seam Gas Blue Mountains' website http://stopcsgbm.net.au/docs/home.php and CSG Free North West's website https://www.csgfreenorthwest.org.au If you'd like to add to the discussion, you can leave an audio comment about our show, which may be added to one of our podcasts. This episode was broadcast on Radio Blue Mountains 89.1FM on 13 Nov 2020. Apply to be a guest on our show. Join a union - 1300 486 466 or join online. Join BMUC. Rights, Rorts and Rants is broadcast from 4pm to 6pm on 89.1FM or can be live streamed from rbm.org.au. The BMUC acknowledges the Tradioional Owners of the land on which we broadcast, the Darug and Gundangara first peoples of the Blue Mountains region, and pays it respects to Elders past and present. Disclaimer: We seek a range of perspectives but that means that views expressed in these podcasts are not necessarily endorsed by the Blue Mountains Unions Council Inc. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rightsrortsandrants/message

Chaucer Energy managing director Dr Len Walker speaks with Small Caps about the company’s IPO where it hopes to raise up to $5.5 million to pursue its in-situ gasification (ISG) plans. Chaucer has identified three potential project areas in southern Chile to advance its technology. ISG involves producing gas in coal fields and using it in regions where energy supply is urgent, such as Chile which has widespread pollution from wood burning. Once listed, Chaucer Energy will trade on the ASX under ticker code 'CHA'.

On today's program, a community's anger at the Narrabri gas project decision, and a group of Torres Strat Islanders fight Australia's attempt to have landmark climate change complaint dismissed by the United Nations

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. News-reportsA discussion and criticism of the new deal by the Australian government to roll out a potential covid-19 vaccine and how it’s a PR job by the government to make itself look positive with nothing to show for it https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/08/20/scott-morrison-covid-19-vaccine/?fbclid=IwAR0ppt1WuS4ULhYX52dHNBFntu-orzfdiUMb8mmgxhmoID1CTQ1v5cioSRg.Interviews and DiscussionsA interview and discussion with Coral Wynter and Jim McIlroy about the on-going campaign to save the Pilliga Forest in north-west NSW who have recently returned from a trip to the Pilliga, where they joined a car convoy through the forest, which visited various Coal Seam Gas drilling sites and spillage areas. You can listen to the individual interview here.A interview and discussion with Pauline Galvin who is the lead candidate running  for the South Ward of Moreland Council as part of the Sue Bolton Moreland Team about why she is running for local council, her experiences in community campaigning and some of political issues that she is passionate about and will take up on local council. You can listen to the individual interview here.

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues to hear damning reports about how the sector has been mismanaged. Professor Joseph Ibrahim is Head of the Health Law and Aging Research Unit in the Department of Forensic Medicine at Monash's Victoria Institute of Forensic Medicine, and a practicing consultant physician in geriatric medicine. His paper publised in The Conversation  in July this year, 4 steps to avert a full-blown coronavirus disaster in Victoria's aged care homes, sets out the problems with the sector. Joseph Ibrahim joins me on Listening Notes to discuss the current crisis and what has to change. As Scott Morrison progresses his gas-led Covid recovery plans, community groups are standing up for the environment against enormous odds. A few weeks ago Julia Stockitj told us about the Save Westernport Campaign to prevent AGL from installing a floating regassification terminal at Crib Point on the Mornington Penninsula.Another project attracting strong community opposition is the Santos coal-seam gas project proposed for Narrabri, New South Wales. The New South Wales Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) has given the project the green light but the New South Wales Independent Planning Commision (IPC), the body which makes the ultimate decision, has received 23,000 submissions, 98% of which oppose the project. Madeline Taylor ia a lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School specialising in Energy and Natural Resources Law. She argues that DPIE's approval is based on flawed evidence and that Santos' proposed coal seam gas project may endanger critical water supplies, farmland and threatened species.       

The nationals latest Coal Seam Gas ploy, Jan's not happy boss has the tables turned and we figure out what the fuck Chicos actually are - Errol Parker and Wendell Hussey get another day of news started, live from the Budgy Smuggler Studios.

El ministro de Energía, Angus Taylor, publicó ayer una hoja de ruta largamente esperada que traza el curso para cumplir con los compromisos de reducción de emisiones de Australia.

This week we're talking about something not many people know about, which is the massive greenhouse emissions being released from the fossil fuel - gas - and LNG (liquefied natural gas). Those emissions are so big that in one major oil and gas producing area – the Permian Basin in the U.S. - they have likely wiped out all energy emission reductions since 2010 for the whole country. If only 3% of gas produced is leaked, gas is worse for the climate than coal. Yet it's more than 3%. BP says it's 3.2%. And a recent study of the Permian Basin found that 3.7% was lost in the production process. What's this telling us? This is the gas industry's 'Volkswagen' moment. Bruce Robertson is IEEFA's LNG and gas analyst, and he talks about the extent of the gas industry's emissions in this latest podcast. Further reading: Bruce Robertson. Volkswagen lied about emissions from their vehicles, and the gas industry is also lying about their emissions. IEEFA. March 2020. Yuzhong Zhang et al. Quantifying methane emissions from the largest oil-producing basin in the United States from space. Science Advances. April 2020. Earth System Research Laboratories. Trends in Atmospheric Methane. Global Monitoring Laboratory. CSIRO. Whole of Life Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of a Coal Seam Gas to Liquefied Natural Gas Project in the Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia, Final Report for GISERA Project G2. July 2019 Additional reading: John Robert. The Australian LNG industry's growth – and the decline in greenhouse gas emissions standards. IEEFA. April 2020. Clark Williams-Derry. Financial prospects falter for LNG projects. IEEFA. April 2020. ___ The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis is a public interest think tank. This industry overview should not be taken as personal financial advice. Please refer to our website at ieefa.org for our disclosures and mission statement. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieefaasiapacific/message

As the world begins to move away from fossil fuels as a source of energy, Big Oil companies are investing heavily in hundreds of new petrochemical plants to ramp up plastic production. And growing plastic production will greatly increase greenhouse gas emissions.

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A group of Sydney-based women, which are now apart of a near national movement known as the "Knitting Nannas" is working hard to ensure our fossil fuels, gas,oil and coal, stay in the ground.The Knitting Nannas largely focus their efforts on coal seam gas (CSG) and were founded in June 2012 in response to exploration for unconventionally mined gas in prime agricultural land in the Northern Rivers areas in New South Wales.Here Chris Rumble talks with Climate Conversations about this dedicated band of knitting nannas,

When the largest rally in human history in 2003 didnt stop the Iraq War it makes you wonder what does it take for a coalition to win? In the second episode of ChangeMakers podcast we look at Brexit and examine how the types of coalitions used by each side influenced the outcome of the referendum. Then we go to the Northern Rivers in regional Australia look at how a different kind of alliance against Coal Seam Gas sought to organise across the entire community.

When the largest rally in human history in 2003 didnt stop the Iraq War it makes you wonder what does it take for a coalition to win? In the second episode of ChangeMakers podcast we look at Brexit and examine how the types of coalitions used by each side influenced the outcome of the referendum. Then we go to the Northern Rivers in regional Australia look at how a different kind of alliance against Coal Seam Gas sought to organise across the entire community.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join presenter Sophie Singh in conversation with environmental activist and Canberra local Claudia Caton, about the impact of coal seam gas drilling on the environment and her involvement in the campaign to protect the Pilliga Scrub. The Pilliga is a vast area of semi arid woodland, the place of Gamilaraay sacred lands dominated by ancient sandstone in northern NSW - what will coal seam gas drilling mean for this environment? Originally broadcast on 22nd May, 2017. Support Community Radio 2XXFM98.3 by subscribing! http://www.2xxfm.org.au/support-2xx/subscribe/

  Dayne Pratzky   Listen in as Dayne talks about why he’s called The Frackman, coal seam gas mining, why we all matter more than we know and how to be bold, brave and proud when becoming an activist.   TIFF and Human Rights Watch co-present the 13th annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival in Toronto, March 30 to April 7.   For more information about the festival go here.   Watch the Trailer Here.   And find out more info about the film here.   Synopsis   Dayne Pratzky loved the quiet life on his rural block in central Queensland. Then the coal seam gas company arrived, and that changed everything. Legally he couldn't stop them mining his land, but that didn't mean he wouldn't fight. And so began a David and Goliath battle against a $200 Billion industry. Along the way he found love, tragedy and triumph. Frackman is like no other Australian film. It aims to spark a broad national conversation about the risks of our headlong rush into massive coal seam gas development. Can we imagine any other issue that would bring together the likes of Alan Jones and Bob Brown? See it and find out why. Biography Dayne Pratzky is a leading figure in the anti-Coal Seam Gas movement in Australia. Dayne starts his campaign of resistance when the Queensland Gas Company (QGC) begins CSG operations in his community of Tara, Queensland (near Chinchilla). The Tara locals recruit veteran campaigner Drew Hutton to the cause, who then founds the vast Lock the Gate Alliance.   Outraged that gas companies are demanding access to their land, and deeply troubled by the terrible health affects they believe are being caused by the industry, Dayne and his neighbours begin to fight back.   Dayne is an ‘accidental’ activist, having had no previous involvement with environmental campaigning. “I was a roo shooting, pig hunting kind of bloke,” he says. “I’m the most unlikely environmentalist in the world. But when they force their way onto your land and destroy your community, you have no choice but to fight back.”   Dayne discovers early on that the techniques used to extract unconventional gas buried deep beneath the ground have many potential risks. There is a significant chance that the region’s water supply will be contaminated, and kids in his estate are getting sick. Deeply concerned, Dayne startss Gasileaks, a citizen-run watchdog for CSG operations. He is invited to Washington to address a huge rally of Americans opposed to ‘fracking’ and his campaigning takes him to Wyoming and Colorado, investigating the disastrous consequences of fracking in America. “They’re ten years further down the track in the US, and what we are facing at home is an environmental catastrophe that will rival the asbestos disaster,” says Dayne.   In the course of fighting for his community, Dayne sometimes skirts the law and his civil disobedience activities lead to charges of dangerous driving and public nuisance. Undeterred, Dayne will continue touring Australia throughout 2015, helping communities living with CSG to fight back and attempt to prevent the industry’s spread beyond Queensland.   ----------   For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here.   With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is a big day tomorrow for Foe and the Lock the Gate campaign. The 1st day of the Parliament in 2016. A great opportunity send a strong message to your MP. After years of campaigning to protect our renewable energy target and stop the invasion of CSG we know at a critical point of our campaign. I have Leigh Ewbank with me today, Leigh is the campaign coordinator for Yes 2 Renewable. He has been working hard all over Victoria to help and promote renewable and a fair energy transition. Kate is from Healthy Future and we will chat about the health impact of fossil fuel on community and divestment of Super Annuations from Fossil Fuel.

You might be wondering what coal seam gas has to do with learning, but for ordinary Australian, and now film maker Dayne Pratzky, the Frackman, it's become a major issue. Australia is currently experiencing a "gas rush", and when the Queensland Gas Company arrived at Dayne Pratzky's home to inform him that drilling for coal seam gas was about to commence on his property, a battle started that would see Dayne become a global activist fighting against a multi-billion dollar industry. Dayne learnt much about the coal seam gas industry, but also about himself, and what people can do to help themselves in the face of seemingly insurmountable tasks. This is a message for all Australians, with particular focus on our next generations. To comment on this podcast, send us an email to feedback@learnfastgroup.com.au To find out more about Frackman the movie, visit http://www.frackmanthemovie.com To find out more about LearnFast, visit http://www.learnfasthome.com.au

Continuing our investigation of the science of so-called unconventional gas extraction, we turn to Australia where coal seam gas is driving community and environmental concerns.Although fracking is rarely used here (see the latest industry statistics), and the entire vast Great Artesian Basin is unlikely to be depleted (see the image above), some local water supplies have been contaminated by leaks of waste from drilling, for which the companies responsible have received insignificant penalties (see for example in 2011, 2014 and 2015).Gas's usefulness as a low-emission fuel is also thrown into question by fugitive emissions of methane from the majority of wells (according to a federal government study), although health risks from gas leaks are hard to verify (see the Queensland government report of health impacts on the town of Tara).But don't let that get you down too much, as research as shown that optimism and a positive attitude is associated with lower rates of coronary heart disease in both women (2009) and men (2001), less likelihood of death (2004) and better health overall (1988).

Frackman, this Australian film chronicles Dayne Pratzky's fight against Coal Seam Gas. It is a call to arms to all ordinary Australians. Director of Frackman Richard Todd talks about the making of Frackman.

Associate Professor Samantha Hepburn in The School of Law discusses the coal seam gas industry in Australia from a legal perspective and in particular its environmental regulation

IQPC Podcast with Bob Otjen, General Manager, Qld Hunter Gas Pipeline

IQPC Podcast with Bob Otjen, General Manager, Qld Hunter Gas Pipeline