Anti-fracking protesters flew kites in Williamstown on Saturday sending a message to the state government by targeting the electorate of Williamstown MP and Resources Minister Wade Noonan.
The government is to decide within weeks whether to permanently ban fracking, onshore gas drilling and new licences for gas exploration in Victoria.
Protest organiser Catherine Hearse said protesters also surveyed locals along the Strand and Douglas Parade.
“Of 138 locals surveyed, 98 per cent said they were concerned about the potential impacts of the onshore gas and fracking industry and 87 per cent said they would support a permanent ban on the industry in Victoria,” she said.
Ms Hearse said 74 communities across Victoria had declared themselves “gasfield free”.
“There’s no social licence for this,” she said.
“If this onshore gas extraction goes on in the country, it really is going to affect city people. Eighty per cent of Australia’s dairy [product] comes from Victoria.”
An upper house committee had given the government until July to decide whether to implement a permanent ban, but the government requested more time due to a cabinet reshuffle.
A moratorium on fracking and onshore gas will remain in place until a decision is made this month.
