it's a matter of when not if

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/06/06/3236618.htm

Kevin Humphries responds to Bellata's coal seam gas worries
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"Kevin's for progress, he's pro gas," says Mr Cush.

Kevin Humphries questioned the value of the meeting.

"That meeting on Sunday I'm not sure what it really achieved," he says.

"I think it was designed to scare people more than inform people."

Mr Humphries acknowledges it is a very emotive issue. He's toured Queensland looking at the mistakes and opportunities of the gas exploration in that State, and says NSW now has the chance to "get it right."

"My view is on coal seam gas is very clear. There are someplaces coal seam gas [mining]can go,and they would be places where they are not disadvantaging agriculture," he says.