The Deputy Mayor was quoted as saying "It's not improperly zoned for that purpose and if we were to reject it they (the proponents of the Development Application) could take the case to the Land and Environment Court, where it would probably be approved."Groundswell Gloucester the action group formed to protect the Gloucester Valley has said that
they know that Gloucester is what they call a flashpoint for rest of NSW. "
Julie Lyford who is also the ex-mayor of Gloucester and spokesperson for Groundswell was quoted as saying
"If fracking of 330 wells goes ahead here then the rest of NSW is up for grabs with the coal seam gas industry.So it looks like the camp approval will go through and since the Blockade has already been called then its all going to be very above board and there will be no shenanigans. The Camp rules have already been set down so the rest lays with that approval which will be given in approximately a fortnight when Gloucester Council meets.
"We know people are going to come, so we want to be responsible and actually contain that and have a really good camp, a really good blockade situation, so it doesn't get out of hand.
There are people in the town who are offended that there is people who desire to protect the land and water of the Gloucester Valley and these people have made numerous threats towards those who are already in position making a stand against this government go ahead.
The protectors desire to be able to show them what they know about Coal Seam Gas and then let them make their mind up. The threats have been along the lines of running people over, throwing cow shit all over them, bashing them. All of those comments only show how far these pro-gas people are down on the food chain of knowing the truth of the Coal Seam Gas industry and there is absolutely no consideration by these same people that money isn't everything. There is zero evidence there is any consideration the future for us all as a humanity. Personally I find that behaviour very disturbing.