{"id":35652,"date":"2017-03-08T17:24:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T06:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=35652"},"modified":"2019-04-16T13:31:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T03:31:08","slug":"fracking-western-power-privatisation-issues-as-western-australia-goes-to-the-polls-wavotes-takvera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/fracking-western-power-privatisation-issues-as-western-australia-goes-to-the-polls-wavotes-takvera\/","title":{"rendered":"Fracking, Western Power privatisation issues as Western Australia goes to the polls #WAvotes – @takvera"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colin Barnett says there is no such thing as clean coal. Photo: Tom Rabe\/twitter<\/p><\/div>\n

Fracking is in it’s relative infancy in Western Australia, but is at the stage where it could be substantially expanded to encompass the Kimberley, the grain belt and south-west.<\/p>\n

Author Tim Winton has made an impassioned plea in the lead up to the Western Australian state election due to be held on 11 March, on the Frack Free Future<\/em> website<\/p>\n

\u201cThe WA Government has granted gas fracking exploration leases over some of our most productive farmland, our most precious groundwater aquifers, and our favorite holiday areas – including the South West, the Kimberley, and Ningaloo.<\/p>\n

\u201cFracking is a risky industry with a terrible reputation globally. It’s like a cancer on the landscape, destroying families and gutting communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf ordinary citizens don’t take action now, the Kimberley could be industrialised, and the State’s precious drinking water could be compromised by thousands of gas wells.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our chance to defend our State and the futures of those who come after.” he said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n