A Crikey, FAQ Research joint investigationĀ into the issue of coal seam gas
There are more questions than answers around coal seam gas mining. Crikey partners with a new collaboration of academics and writers, FAQ Research, to get to the bottom of a vexed issue in the Queensland election campaign and nationally.
There are conflicting interests around land use, there is uncertainty about the factual basis of the debate, there are apprehensions that governments will roll over in the face of a $40 billion industry. Tdebate can often become clouded by claim, counter-claim, framing and spin. This extended coverage offers a new model of analytical and interactive journalism which will hold the debate accountable to fact.
The mission is to facilitate a better informed and more interactive public debate, holding the PR, political and media spin to account and disseminating fact and research on which citizens can make informed value judgments. Articles by experts, key stakeholders, citizen journalists and we hope you, Crikey readers, will feature throughout the election campaign. Read more about the project here.
Food security v energy security: land use conflict and the law
The issue? Mining coal seam gas in agricultural areas. The conflict? Balancing food security and energy security, writes FAQ Research’s Dr Tina Hunter.>Read more …
Pink surfboard conundrum: calculating risk v social licence to operate
Three areas of risk are particularly relevant to negotiating wicked risks: calculated risk, perceived risk and political risk, writes FAQ Research’s Professor Roger Jones.>Read more …
Behind the Seams: why coal seam gas is central to Qld election
If the major political parties are both framing the state election as about managing the fruits of prosperity, then the boom in coal seam gas and liquefied natural gas production is at its heart.>Read more …
Land use and CSG: what rights do property owners have?
Coal seam gas activities in Queensland and NSW have created scenes of confusion, conflict, and sometimes, chaos and at the heart of much of this conflict has been land. So what rights do property owners actually have? asks FAQ Research’s Dr Tina Hunter .>Read more …
Quiggin: don’t write off CSG if you’re worried about the climate
If you share the view that climate change is the most important environmental issue facing Australia and the world, you should be very cautious about advocating all-out opposition to CSG, says John Quiggin.>Read more …
- Community groups opposed to CSG
- CSG mining companies
- Environmental groups
- Farming groups and individuals
- Political parties
The precautionary principle v the fierce urgency of now
What is the precautionary principle? And how does it apply to the issues surrounding the development of coal seam gas? asks FAQ Research’s Dr Robert Merkel.>Read more …
Food security v energy security: land use conflict and the law
The issue? Mining coal seam gas in agricultural areas. The conflict? Balancing food security and energy security, writes FAQ Research’s Dr Tina Hunter.>Read more …
Behind the Seams: why coal seam gas is central to Qld election
If the major political parties are both framing the state election as about managing the fruits of prosperity, then the boom in coal seam gas and liquefied natural gas production is at its heart.>Read more …
About Coal Seam Gas: Behind the seams
Working in conjunction with the prominent Australian independent media website, Crikey, we will be mining for facts and going behind the seams to tell the whole story of how CSG has become so controversial, how the debate has been shaped, and its policy and political implications.>Read more …
CSG: what is it, where does it come from, and why is it so controversial?
FAQ’s Research’s Dr Robert Merkel on the what, why and how of coal seam gas.>Read more …