Australia has large reserves of coal seam gas, especially in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, while large shale gas deposits exist across the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. CSG is currently being extracted from the Bowen and Surat Basins in Queensland and the Camden Valley in New South Wales, with numerous exploration wells across the Liverpool Plains and Hunter Valley. To extract the gas, water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure in a process known as "fracking."
34% Yes |
66% No |
23% Yes |
53% No |
11% Yes, but increase environmental restrictions and oversight |
9% No, more research needs to be done to ensure there is no groundwater contamination |
1% Yes, as long as the projects are far away from residential areas |
3% No, we should provide more funding for renewable energy instead |
See how support for each position on “Coal Seam Gas” has changed over time for 276k Australia voters.
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See how importance of “Coal Seam Gas” has changed over time for 276k Australia voters.
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Unique answers from Australia users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@4W3GBYB3yrs3Y
NO coal seam gas and No mining.. This rape and pillage of our country has got to stop.. The people doing it can not be trusted any more than the politicians giving permission to do the right thing
@8HBV7GK4yrs4Y
As long as the projects are far away from residential areas and environmental restrictions
@9L49HYP3wks3W
in public housing as they are uniportant and force migrant workers to work on them as they are rude and children need to be taught how to work. also, send the women to the houses to clean using the gas.
@9HZMX3B3mos3MO
Australia should be working to transition away from non-renewables. however not at the cost to the economy, this is why Australia needs to be working closer with larger states to achieve this in a realistic way. Stop telling Australian that renewables are 10 years away. I work with renewable energy, misinformation around it is the problem. not the technology.
@9D2XN4Q9mos9MO
Yes. If we ban coal projects thousands of jobs will be lost and the economy will collapse. Resulting in mass homelessness and unemployment.
@9BWTVM611mos11MO
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