Catherine Cusack NSW MLC has written this article in the Sunday Telegraph. I can not possibly estimate the readers it has compared to some biased Northern NSW papers.

"It is ironic our fledgling CSG industry is probably the least environmentally intrusive form of resource extraction, and promises numerous environmental benefits by reducing our dependence on coal, which is infinitely more damaging."

"In the agricultural region of Narrabri I amless worried about the safety of gas wells in the Pilliga as I am about the tragic razing of the pristine Leard state forest by open-cut coal miners."

"O'Farrell Government needs to resist any temptation to react to the screaming and instead show measured leadership that convinces the real stakeholders their needs are being met."

Read the whole article: Coal seam gas is a smokescreen for the real fight  Sunday Telegraph