Community Committee on CSG

UPPER HUNTER

The Santos Community Committee – Upper Hunter was established in 2011, as part of Santos’ ongoing coal seam gas exploration in the Upper Hunter Shire area.

The Committee was established by Santos, is independently chaired by Mr David Ross and has good representation from throughout the local community.

The Committee members include:

• Mr David Ross, independent Chair.
• Mr Sam Crafter, NSW manager community and government relations, Santos.
  
• Ms Cate McMahon, team leader community engagement, Santos.
  
• Cr Michael Johnsen, Upper Hunter Shire Council representative.
  
• Mr Sean Constable, manager economic development and tourism, UHSC.
  
• Mr Wayne Bedggood, president, Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
  
• Mrs Paula Stevenson, Save Bunnan representative.
  
• Mr Graeme Brown, Merriwa Healthy Environment representative.
  
• Mr Steve Guihot, local business owner and Kingdon Ponds Water Users representative.
  
• Mr Peter Bishop, Merriwa resident and landholder who has negotiated with Santos.
  
• Mr Peter Miller, Scone resident and employee in the mining industry.
  
• Mrs Kathy Burns, Scone resident and employee in the equine industry.
  

*Cr Pam Seccombe is alternative representative for the UHSC and Mr Don Eather is alternative representative for Save Bunnan.

• Read the Santos Community Committee – Upper Hunter Charter (218 KB)

Santos Community Committee – Upper Hunter

• 24 April 2012 – minutes (draft)(456 KB)
• 24 April 2012 – minutes, appendix 1 – DTIRIS presentation (471 KB)
• 24 April 2012 – minutes, appendix 2 – Additional Agreement Terms With Landholders (187 KB)
• 24 April 2012 – minutes, appendix 3 – Licence Terms (187 KB)
• 24 April 2012 – minutes, appendix 4 – PEL 456 (313 KB)
• 24 April 2012 – minutes, appendix 5 – PEL 456 Licence Renewal (211 KB)
• 24 April 2012 – minutes, appendix 6 – Pilliga update (193 KB)
• 27 March 2012 – minutes (635 KB)
• 27 March 2012 – minutes, appendix 1 – PEL 456 licence renewal (196 KB)
• 27 March 2012 – minutes, appendix 2 – presentation – NSW CSG well abandonment (381 KB)
• 27 March 2012 – minutes, appendix 3 – water desalination (192 KB)
• 27 March 2012 – minutes, appendix 4 – environmental breaches in Pilliga State Forest (580 KB)
• 28 February 2012 – presentation (well construction) (843 KB)
• 24 January 2012 – minutes (576 KB)
• 24 January 2012 – presentation (water monitoring) (1.5 MB)
• 29 November 2011 – minutes (435 KB)
• 29 November 2011 – presentation (exploration in the Upper Hunter) (2 MB)