Abigail Boyd, Greens NSW Spokesperson for Mining, Coal & CSG said:
"The decision today is a slap in the face for the local communities who have opposed this project from the beginning.
"Not wanting to let a good crisis go to waste, the Berejiklian
government is doubling down on its obsession with coal and gas at the
expense of our climate and future prosperity.
"Minister Stokes must now allow the IPC to respect community opposition
and not use COVID-19 as an excuse to restrict public hearings.
"This is a government determined to use the COVID-19 crisis as cover to
push through its environmentally-destructive plans for the benefit of
its corporate mates.
"It was only six months ago that a parliamentary inquiry delivered an
absolutely scathing report into this Liberal-National government's
failure to implement the NSW Chief Scientist's recommendations - a
failure that leaves the people of NSW without the protections that this
government had agreed were a prerequisite to any expansion of the CSG
industry in NSW.
"It doesn't take much imagination to come up with a plan for jobs and
prosperity that doesn't involve propping up the gas industry which
worsens the climate crisis.
"Last week's Ernst & Young report demonstrates clearly that for each
dollar invested, we will see far more jobs in a recovery led by
investment in renewable energy infrastructure than if the government
continues its obsession with fossil fuels."
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