Parliament of South Australia Natural Resources Committee Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking) in the South East of South Australia Pursuant to section 16(1)(a) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Committee is inquiring into Potential risks and impacts in the use of hydraulic fracture stimulation (Fracking) to produce gas in the Southeast of South Australia and in particular: 1. the risks of groundwater contamination; 2. the impacts upon landscape; 3. the effectiveness of existing legislation and regulation; and 4. the potential net economic outcomes to the region 28th January 2015 Executive Officer Natural Resources Committee GPO Box 572 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Dear Natural Resource Committee Being a South East optometrist, business owner and farmer I am compelled to write a submission on the potential risks and impacts of gas drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation (fracking) in the South East of South Australia.

Submission to: Parliament of South Australia Natural Resource Committee Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking) 30th January 2015 Contact: Peter Bissell Chair, Limestone Coast Grape & Wine Council Winemaker – 0427 852 315 Balnaves of Coonawarra Main Rd, Coonawarra, 5263 Stuart Sharman Convener, LCGWC Unconventional Shale Gas Committee Manager Coonawarra South Vineyards – 0411 241 891 Treasury Wine Estates Memorial Drive, Coonawarra, 5263.

Submission to: Parliament of South Australia Natural Resource Committee Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking) 30th January 2015 Contact: Peter Bissell Chair, Limestone Coast Grape & Wine Council Winemaker – 0427 852 315 Balnaves of Coonawarra Main Rd, Coonawarra, 5263 Stuart Sharman Convener, LCGWC Unconventional Shale Gas Committee Manager Coonawarra South Vineyards – 0411 241 891 Treasury Wine Estates Memorial Drive, Coonawarra, 5263.

The Global Gas Glut Selected Slides for the South Australian NRC Inquiry into Unconventional Gas (fracking) Bruce Robertson BEc FFin 10 June 2016 Introduction • All investment in the gas industry must be assessed in context of a global gas glut • Excess supply and faltering demand • Globally the contract pricing mechanism is breaking down • East Coast Australia is a high cost gas province • SA onshore gas has even further to travel making it unviable in a post Paris world • SA must compete against cheap piped Russian gas and cheap LNG from the USA • The SA government runs a high risk of backing an industry that will be left stranded in the short term • Source: http://ieefa.org/ieefa-pipe-dream-report-questions-rationale- north-east-gas-interconnector-australia/ 1 Global Gas Glut • The global gas industry closed the 2015 year in a glut with total nameplate liquefaction capacity of 308Mt outstripping import demand for LNG of 245Mt by 26%

Executive Officer, Natural Resource Committee GPO Box 572, Adelaide SA 5001 Email patrick.dupont@parliament.sa.gov.au Re: Inquiry into Unconventional Gas and Fracking in SE of SA To Natural Resources Committee, We understand that the Limestone Coast Protection Alliance Inc.

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Parliament of South Australia Natural Resources Committee Inquiry into: Unconventional Gas (Fracking) in the South East of South Australia Pursuant to section 16(1)(a) of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Committee is inquiring into Potential risks and impacts in the use of hydraulic fracture stimulation (Fracking) to produce gas in the Southeast of South Australia and in particular: 1. the risks of groundwater contamination; 2. the impacts upon landscape; 3. the effectiveness of existing legislation and regulation; and 4. the potential net economic outcomes to the region 28th January 2015 Executive Officer Natural Resources Committee GPO Box 572 ADELAIDE SA 5001 Dear Natural Resource Committee Being a South East optometrist, business owner and farmer I am compelled to write a submission on the potential risks and impacts of gas drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation (fracking) in the South East of South Australia.

30 January 2015, Dear Mr Dupont, Re: Submissions to Unconventional Gas (Fracking) Inquiry I am an Associate Professor of Environmental Law with over 20 years experience in the field.

30 January 2015, Dear Mr Dupont, Re: Submissions to Unconventional Gas (Fracking) Inquiry I am an Associate Professor of Environmental Law with over 20 years experience in the field.

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