Stop coal seam gas rally, Sydney, May 1. Photo: Peter Boyle
Stop CSG Sydney campaigner Jacqueline Yetzotis addressed Marrickville Council on May 8 to urge the council rule out coal seam gas mining in the area. The council voted unanimously to prohibit coal seam gas mining on the property of St Peters waste recycling business Dial-a-Dump.
Yetzotis’s speech to Marrickville Council is below.
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I am a long-term resident in Newtown, a mother and an activist with Stop Coal Seam Gas Sydney.
The community group was set up two years ago when it became public knowledge that Dial-a-Dump had entered into a secret deal with Dart Energy (then Macquarie Energy) to allow for exploration for coal seam gas on its site at St Peters in a residential/light industrial area.
I support recycling waste, but wish to speak against council agreeing to Ian Malouf’s application for a permanent licence to run his Dial-a-Dump waste and recycling business in St Peters while also allowing an extractive industry — coal seam gas — to function on the site.
Green Left Weekly
Hi, Thanks for covering this story. It was an important win for the community of Marrickville. Sorry to have to tell you that I wrote the post you refer to on my blog Saving Our Trees, but I did not speak at the Marrickville Council Meeting as quoted above. The speech you refer to was by Pip Hinman who you will see was the third speaker. I would appreciate it if you would amend this please. Thanks, Jacqueline Yetzotis
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