As you know, today's hearing is in relation to unconventional gas and fracking.

From: Sharon Holmes [ ] Sent: Wednesday, 7 January 2015 5:32 PM To: Dupont, Patrick Cc: Mark Parnell MLC Subject: submission re: fracking in SE South Australia I would like to protest against fracking in the SE of South Australia.

This period has been a busy one for the Natural Resources Committee in part due to the Committee finalising its inquiry into fracking/unconventional gas extraction and also its oversight role with regard to the state's eight NRM Boards.

A Select Committee of the Legislative Council has been established to investigate and report on -

(a) Any matter arising from the 2012-2013 Independent Education Inquiry also known as the Debelle Inquiry;
(b) Any matter raised by the Debelle Inquiry related to incident and records management, including compliance with legislation and policy;
(c) Progress on the implementation of the recommendations of the Debelle Inquiry; and
(d) Any other relevant matter.

Any other related matters. 4 Social Development Committee of the Parliament of South Australia Conduct of the Inquiry The Committee advertised widely for submissions into the inquiry, including through metropolitan and regional print outlets and a Media Release was distributed on 8 December 2023 in time for International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2023.

As you know, today's hearing is in relation to our inquiry into unconventional gas fracking.

However, if gas leaks into the well, buoyancy will drive it upward toward the wellhead.

Potential risks and impacts in the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to produce gas in the South East of SA and in particular: The risks of groundwater contamination; Gas contamination and effect of other contamination is real.

From: Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2015 7:24 PM To: Dupont, Patrick Subject: Fracking I am writing to express our concern about fracking - We support no to fracking in the South East - water contamination would threaten our water source the Blue Lake for generations to come and impact on harm to prime agricultural land.

As you know, our committee is looking at the issue of fracking and unconventional gas.