The inquiry is holding seven public hearings, three at Parliament House, Sydney and the remainder at Alstonville, Narrabri, Bowral and Taree. It has received 642 submissions, from government, industry and lobby groups as well as many individuals.

Manning Alliance chairman Peter Epov said his team had worked very hard to put together a concise 28 page submission.

“And we have worked even harder to get a place at the table. Over 300 people actually signed a statement in support of our submission in one day,” Mr Epov said.

However, less than a dozen local interest groups and individuals will have the opportunity to give evidence at the one-day hearing, which will be held at Club Taree.

One significant group to miss out, says Peter Epov, is the Barrington-Gloucester-Stroud Preservation Alliance.

“Gloucester is and has been at the forefront of the CSG battle here in NSW. The BGSPA has been single-handedly battling CSG for a number of years.

“They have amassed a great deal of important information, which I thought would have been very relevant to the inquiry. Gloucester already have 110 CSG wells allocated with another 300 wells on the way,” Mr Epov said.

“I have read the BGSPA submission to the inquiry, I thought that it was quite extensive and I assumed that an invitation to the BGSPA would have been just a matter of course.

“The Gloucester community has been through hell with CSG and they really deserve an opportunity to be heard.

“I intend to write to the chairman of the inquiry, Robert Brown MLC, seeking a review of the decision not to invite the BGSPA to give evidence at the hearing. I also intend to invite other anti-CSG groups in our region to do the same.”

Mr Epov said he understood the hearing would be open to the public to sit and view.

“I would encourage members of our community to attend and view the proceedings and of course, it would be great if they could wear something blue.”

As of yesterday, the inquiry had not released the agenda for the Taree hearing.