{"id":13801,"date":"2023-11-30T17:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T17:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/i-will-protect-you-ryan-3\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T18:30:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T18:30:05","slug":"i-will-protect-you-ryan-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/i-will-protect-you-ryan-3\/","title":{"rendered":"I will protect you: Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tTuesday, October 29th, 2013<\/span> | Posted by Sarah Vella<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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I will protect you: Ryan<\/h1>\n

DEPUTY Premier Peter Ryan has given his strongest assurance yet the coal seam gas (CSG) industry would not be developed in Victoria unless there is no environmental risk.
The Gippsland South MLA\u2019s pledge came as the State Government expects to receive within weeks a report into issues with the eastern Australia gas market and ways of increasing gas supplies in Victoria.
That report will be produced by a taskforce chaired by former federal Howard Government minister Peter Reith.
Mirboo North residents last Wednesday urged South Gippsland Shire Council to reaffirm its opposition to the CSG and coal mining industries in the shire.
\u201cWe will not be rushed in relation to this. We are conscious we enjoy many natural assets throughout the regions of Victoria, particularly in South Gippsland, and never would we allow anything to be done to put that at risk,\u201d Mr Ryan said.
He said water assets were \u201cabsolutely critical\u201d and prime production land was \u201cone of the foundations of our community and economy\u201d.
\u201cWe are not going to risk any of that in favour of any initiative, whatever that may be,\u201d Mr Ryan said.
He said the government would consider the Reith report before responding publicly.
\u201cWe will see what the Reith report has to say but first and foremost we will continue to guard jealously that which we already have,\u201d Mr Ryan said.
The government may have moved the Energy and Resources portfolio to under the umbrella of the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, but Mr Ryan said that did not signal a nod to the advancement of coal seam gas.
\u201cThe main reason was to bring to the one area those industries which are the job creators and the industry development portfolios, so we are all now gathered under the one roof,\u201d he said.
The State Government is not looking to CSG to fill the void in Victoria\u2019s gas supply once ExxonMobil\u2019s Kipper Tuna Turrum Project in Bass Strait \u2013 announced last week \u2013 expires.
Richard Owen, chairman of ExxonMobil Australia, said the project holds enough energy to power a city of a million people for 35 years.
Mr Ryan said: \u201cWe still don\u2019t know whether we have got any (CSG). There are seven wells being drilled over the next 18 months that will start to give an indication of what is there.
\u201cThere is no rush so let\u2019s just do what we are doing. We will make a decision when we are ready, respecting the different points of view.\u201d
Phil Piper of Coal and Coal Seam Gas Mirboo North told council last Wednesday the community was concerned council had weakened its objection to CSG.
\u201cOur shire is a signatory to the Gippsland Food Plan, which has agribusiness exports worth $2 billion and growing, with the dairy sector a key player,\u201d he said.
\u201cThis highlights the importance of South Gippsland. This food plan will dovetail with the State Government\u2019s strategy to make Victoria a food bowl to Asia.
\u201cIf there is gas and coal production in these areas, there is no proof the soil, water or air will not be contaminated; therefore the products cannot be guaranteed to be pure.\u201d
Cr Kieran Kennedy said he and council CEO Tim Tamlin continued to share council\u2019s objections to the industry with state and federal politicians, to protect the shire\u2019s agricultural land and tourism industry.
Council\u2019s director of development services Phil Stone said council unanimously passed a motion on May 23, 2012, citing its concerns about CSG and that motion still applied.
Mr Piper asked council to post its CSG policy on its website, as had Bass Coast Shire.<\/p>\n

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Pushing on: Phil Piper (left) of Coal and Coal Seam Gas Mirboo North was supported by Ron Wangman, Suzanne Wightman, Marg Thomas, Joy Downes and Gayle Margaret at last Wednesday\u2019s South Gippsland Shire Council meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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