Fifty people from across the Orana region converged on Deputy Premier Troy Grant's office to hand over 107,000 signatures calling for the immediate stop to coal seam gas developments in NSW.
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The GetUp! petition demands a stop to new CSG activities until the impact on water, farmland and community health are made known.
Lock the Gate member Megan Kuhn said if Mr Grant really represented his community he would have the decency to meet with them in person.
"The pressure on communities is unfair," Ms Kuhn said.
"It's about time the government started listening.
"We will continue to stand together to have our voices heard and make it (CSG) an election issue, rather than have them (the government) sweep it under the carpet."
A Santos investor seminar held late last month revealed the gas company had mapped seven potential CSG fields in north-west NSW.
Prospective basins include Taroom, Bellata, Maules Creek, Bando, Tooraweenah and Murrurundi.
The town of Tooraweenah is situated only 107 kilometres from Dubbo.
"The impact would be felt by Dubbo," Ms Kuhn said.
Dubbo Field Naturalist and Conservation Society member Sally Forsstrom said it was unfair everyday people had to protect their community, water and environment from CSG drilling.
"It's not our responsibility, it's the governments role and (CSG) industries are getting away with it," she said.
"Troy should be here for the people of his community. He owes it to us to provide those answers."
Mr Grant was contacted by the Daily Liberal but was unavailable for comment by time of print.
