Liverpool Range Quarry

There has been a total failure to address the concerns & objections of the community about the quarry’s impact & that of the useless, weather dependent Liverpool Range Wind Factory.
Everyday Australian voices are unjustly being ignored by an autocratic Government in favour of big profits for vested interests, showing a lack of genuine consultation & respect for the well-being of locals & all NSW Electricity consumers.

The explosives used & operational activities for this unnecessary, destructive quarry will ensure that toxic substances will leak into the environment, contaminating groundwater, soil, and local ecosystems for generations.

I object to this plan as it is reliant on Non-Renewable Resources.
This is contrary to the NSW Government’s context of a supposed shift to ‘sustainable’ energy which it designates as Wind/Solar generation.
This contradictory plan is Fossil Fuels based so can’t possibly be approved when the Government’s environmental goals for Australia are to end this reliance.

Liverpool Range Quarry is not a clean & sustainable plan.
Just like the disgustingly ugly, useless & unhealthy Liverpool Range Wind Turbines, Industrialised Solar Factories & filthy BESS hazards that are destroying Rural Australia & having a negative impact on all surrounding victims regarding their property values, health & wellbeing.
No one wants to live near a toxic, noisy, and visually unappealing industrial site!
Australians deserve Australian Coal & Nuclear Power that actually works 24/7 - not this con job!

I object to the Liverpool Range Quarry with all its dust, contaminating explosives & sediment wrecking our healthy water system, as well as all the obnoxious Liverpool Range Wind Turbines with blades that will shed toxic microplastics into the air & all over the land & water. Bisphenol A is as toxic as blue asbestos & lethal to young children.
Why would anyone host, support & approve such a terrible plan that will poison our children, our soil & our water?

I object to the actions & useless purposes of this quarry as Wind Turbines are a Public Health & Safety Nightmare & no use at all for providing Power on Demand.
Like toxic Turbine Blades shedding Forever Chemicals, the associated quarry activities will also contaminate the surrounding land & water system with toxic materials, compromising Australia’s essential water & food supplies.

The claims of "sustainability" by this Government are mere GREENWASHING, as the long-term environmental, economic, security and social impacts of Industrialised Wind/Solar/BESS disasters & all the quarrying & mining associated with these terrible projects far outweigh any imaginary benefits.
This is nothing but a MASSIVE RORT - A TRANSFER OF WEALTH - RIPPING OFF EVERYDAY AUSTRALIANS TO FEED FAKE GREEN FUDGERY!

How come this idiotic plan is based on machinery that relies on Fossil Fuels when this delusional Government reckons that’s contributing to their ‘Climate Change’ Hoax?
As the energy demands of the quarry require Fossil Fuels, for ghastly Wind Turbines that are produced & run by Fossil Fuels, this is contradictory to any claims of their Net Zero agenda!
The Government are obviously deceiving the public about carbon emissions as they sure aren’t adhering to the CONtrolling energy poverty plan they have for all of us everyday Australians who are suffering so badly under their Government inflicted Cost of Electricity/Cost of Living Crisis.
It’s time for the Australian public to DEMAND RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE AUSTRALIAN POWER & to CHUCK OUT ALL THE DODGY WOKE BUREAUCRATS WITH VESTED INTERESTS IN THESE HORRIBLE, ANTI-AUSTRALIAN SCAMS!

Liverpool Range Quarry is a Public Health & Safety Risk I DO NOT CONSENT TO!
Our water will be contaminated by sediment & chemicals used for blasting, construction & ongoing activities.
Dust and pollutants generated by the quarry will increase my respiratory issues & that of others in the local population - causing long-term health problems for nearby residents & the wider Australian public.

Contamination of Vital Water Sources has been ignored by this foolish plan that has no good purpose whatsoever.
All the carpetbaggers are lying just so they can rip-off taxpayer subsidies & clear out leaving their big mess behind for the gullible Hosts to be cursed with.
Nobody wants to rely on such a dumb & destructive idea of covering our precious land in hazardous, grossly ugly Turbine rubbish that doesn’t work most of the time, when we have so much, far superior Australian power resources.
The water management system will fail to prevent sediment runoff, leading to contamination of local dams, creeks, and rivers, jeopardising the quality of drinking water for surrounding communities.
Shame on the NSW Government for irresponsibly harming rural communities so badly!

Liverpool Range Quarry is the antithesis of Caring for Country/Protecting Nature & NOT FOR THE GREATER GOOD as destruction of the ecosystem for such ruinous & useless purposes as weather dependent wind monstrosities would cause irreversible damage to the local ecology & biodiversity, disrupt & harm threatened species and foul our essential water supplies - needed for human survival.

They do not have a social licence for this project .

Once the Liverpool Range Wind project is complete who will be the next user of the quarry? Will this be another wind/solar/battery project? This will only maintain significant heavy traffic within the area. The landowner gets to choose and their priority is money, over neighbouring properties and the community's best interest.

What happens to the quarry when its resources are depleted? Will it become the land fill for obsolete turbine blades, batteries, solar panels? If this is the case, there will be significant toxic contamination from what is buried there. This will heavily impact nearby farming operations. Who will be accountable and responsible for this?

There will be a significant increase in traffic along the Vinegaroy Road (between Coolah and the Golden Highway). The increase will be of 287% compared to surveyed traffic results in 2023.

I object to all development associated with supporting the establishment of unreliable, environmentally and economically destructive wind factories such as this quarry.

I object to the proposed quarry on Vinegaroy Road. As a local I am already going to be faced by a heavy increase in traffic on my day to day journeys with the recent approval of the TILT Liverpool Range swindle factory. A 287% increase in traffic since surveyed results last year is unacceptable to residents, locals and those transiting through our district.

The proposal is couched in feel-good terms to attempt to make it sound like it will be a minor development and its for the good of the district. In reality the only people who will benefit from it are the proponent, their business partners and the host landowner.

The district is currently a quiet, rural area. This is already going to be ruined by the imminent construction of the Liverpool Range swindle factory, the addition of MORE heavy vehicles, MORE industrial noise and MORE blasting (over and above the swindle construction) is a heavily felt negative impact.

What will happen with it after the swindle factory has had its fill? Upper Hunter Shire Council has already said they want a part of it. Others will be vying for it too. So this hole in the ground will just get bigger and bigger until its exhausted. The planning department should take into account this when assessing it, as it WON'T just be for a few years, it will likely go on for decades.

As a resident, I never agreed for my home to be placed into a power station. Yet the government of the day believes that I must give up my peace and quiet, any rural ambience I may have. I now will not only be subject to swindle turbines on every rise, solar panels on every flat surface and spiderwebs of high voltage transmission lines, I will now, apparently, have to put up with a big hole in the ground within coo-ee of my home.

I DO NOT agree.

I cannot support this quarry project as it is environmentally damaging due the emissions it creates and also facilitates by its material being used in making concrete.
Also, the heavy vehicle movements will add to those already proposed by the Liverpool Range Wind Works and the CWO-REZ transmission lines projects. The experience of Gulgong already shows that just water trucks alone used in the construction of a nearby solar works took only a few months to damage two local roads. These roads had to be resurfaced and vehicle weight restrictions applied (<6 tonnes).

I object to the Liverpool Range Quarry project because:
1. it fails to address to massive increase in heavy vehicle traffic movements it will add to that is already created by the Liverpool Wind Project, the CWO-REZ Transmission lines project and the Vinearoy Road upgrade.

2. it further adds to the environmental damage to rural land and the native wildlife that utilises the area.

3. most of the quarry materials are for concrete making, which has a very high emissions footprint that is being ignored by the project.

The CWO REZist inc objects to the Liverpool Range Quarry

Traffic on the Vinegaroy Road between Coolah and the Golden Highway will increase 287% given the following projects:
* CWO REZ transmission project
* Liverpool Range Wind Project
* Road upgrades to accommodate the Liverpool Range Wind project and the associated CWO REZ transmission project
The Quarry proponent deceptively states that given the quarry location the traffic on local roads will decrease.
The Quarry proponent deceptively states that emissions will decreased given the quarry location.
Quarry developments are environmentally destructive and contrary to NSW's net zero targets.
The community has no certainty as the future of this quarry: Undoubtedly the landowner will continue the quarry function and other wind/solar/battery proponents will mine the resources until exhausted. Thus the heavy vehicles on local roads will continue for an unspecified period.
What happens to the quarry site at end of life? What's to stop the landowner allowing it to be filled with obsolete/degrade turbine blades, solar panels and batteries?
We've learned not to believe any of the environmental studies by any wind/solar/battery/transmission proponents. Who will be taking responsibility for the degradation of the Talbragar River given this project?
Land owners choose to host wind turbines, thus all heavy vehicle traffic should be confined to the boundaries of the wind project.
Given that most of the residents and businesses along Vinegaroy Road are unaware of the quarry project - exactly how will the proponent ensure that these residents and neighbours are aware of blast periods? The public blast notification system has not been described.

Why does the NSW Government planning team continue to ignore cumulative impact?

Cumlative impact of traffic increases
Cumulative impact of traffic accidents
Cumulative impact of adding thousands of people to regional areas that have no mobile phone service, only volunteer emergency services, insufficient/non existent medical services.
Cumulative impact of environmental damage
Cumulative impact of pollution to our waterways
Cumulative impact to critically endangered ecological communities
Cumulative impact to pollution
Cumulative impact to NSW economic prosperity given the steam rolled approach to switching us over to weather dependent energy sources.
Cumulative impact to regional communities who expect to be the first ones to be "load shed".
Cumulative impacts of the cost to NSW energy users and tax payers in subsidising foreign companies to make huge profits at our expense.

- CWO REZist Inc.