Community wellbeing and attitudes to coal seam gas development in 2022, in Narrabri Shire, NSW

July 20th, 2023

Monitoring changes in community wellbeing and local attitudes to coal seam gas (CSG) development in the Narrabri Shire, NSW, between 2017 and 2022

The Narrabri Gas Project (NGP) is a CSG development in the north-west of NSW that has been approved but is yet to enter a construction phase.

This study monitored changes in both community wellbeing and local attitudes to CSG development in the broader Narrabri Shire between 2017 and 2022. It builds on previous baseline research conducted by GISERA in 2017 prior to the NGP being granted state and Federal approval.

This fact sheet describes the research objectives, methodology and key results of the 2022 survey.