Media release – 19 July 2014
Community to unite against fracking
CALL FOR ACTION: Community Group Frack Free Geelong plans to make a strong statement to Council with a protest at the Council meeting on Tuesday 22nd of July.
A large group is expected to attend the Council meeting with signs, banners and placards.
Fracking poses many risks for Geelong’s environment and to the health and welfare of the broader community.
Unimpressed with Councils indecision on the issue of fracking to date Frack Free Geelong’s Lyn Manson says: “Now is the time for the Geelong community to voice its opposition to fracking.”
The councilors will be put on notice with many members of the group planning to ask questions during question time.
At the council meeting it is expected that a motion for community consultation on Coal Seam Gas will be passed, this will give the community 30 days to provide submissions on the issue.
It is hoped that Councilors will support the communities concern and lock the gate on Coal Seam Gas mining.
Frack Free Geelong will also encourage Council to follow in the footsteps of the Surf Coast Shire and produce a motion to the State Government supporting the extention of the moratorium on coal seam gas exploration and operations and requesting a comprehensive investigation into the likely effects of unconventional gas exploration and mining on public health, the environment, agriculture and food security, local communities and tourism.
Photo opportunity:
There will be a photo opportunity at the Council Meeting
Geelong City Hall, 22 July 2014 at 6:30pm
Links:
Facebook event
» www.facebook.com/events/319182108244005
Council meeting agenda
Includes details of the Coal Seam Gas Motion
» www.geelongaustralia.com.au
For comment, interviews and more information, please contact:
Alan Manson
» Tel: (03) 5291 3235
» Email: frackfreegrovedale@gmail.com
» Website: www.frackfreegeelong.org
» Facebook: www.facebook.com/FrackFreeGeelong
High resolution photos for download:
» www.frackfreegeelong.org/download
Frack Free Geelong are a community group concerned about the risk that coal, coal seam gas, tight gas and shale gas exploration will have on Geelong and the Surf Coast. The group currently consists of approximately 400 concerned citizens in the Geelong region.