Bill Heffernan (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

There is a good reason; I am dealing with something that is an emergency outside. We are well and truly going to cover this issue in the inquiry, which I will chair. This was put in the notice of motion for the rural committee on the Murray-Darling Basin inquiry as the coal seam side to it. The debate in the community is well developed. I agree there are serious issues, which include health and the issue of fracking. It has locked up in the courts for 20 years a lot of serious potential and we will certainly be dealing with every aspect of it in the coming weeks, starting in the Dalby and Gunnedah areas.