Mt Thorley Coal Mine Continuation

I agree to the submissions for the extension to Mt Thorley.I moved here with my family from Albury NSW and was looking foward to being employed here until I retire.
I have also bought a house here and now paying for a mortghage, I also support the local community and buisineses
regards Floyd Nikora.

This mine allows my husband to support our 7 kids

My Familys livelihood is dependant on this mine extension. It's tough times in the industry and without a job my career and livelihood is in jeopardy. More importantly, my daughter is in the last few years of high school and if I lose my job I would have to relocate to find work making it more difficult for her to complete and be successful in her education.

It will affect families and the community Jobs are at risk It will affect me and my family plus lots of others i know.

i support the extension for a number of reasons, the amount of people it effects with 1300 jobs on the line. plus the millions of dollars that the mine injects into the community.

The approval of warkworth extension is vital to my family and there future in our area and neighbour hood. To have to move away to secure work would be detrametal to family values and a lose to local econamy

I'd like to keep my job

the wider community and buisnesses are dependant on the outcome of the decission.

Its my daddys job on the line as he supports my family

I am in support of the extension as I believe the negative impacts put forth by nearby residents and the media are unsubstantiated and have been greatly overplayed.
There is, and will remain, ample buffer between the mine and Bulga if the extension was to take place. Also the rehab work that will be done once mining has ceased, to what was majorly deforested pastural land, will be of greater benfit to the environment due to the planting of trees and shrubs.

I've been an operator at MTW for the past 9yrs. I am a 54yr old divorsed mother of 3 with a severely disabled son, who I care for at home. We moved here 10yrs ago from WA. and I worked very hard to procure a position at MTW, to which I am most grateful, so that I can give my son a better life and be closer to my other children and grandchilden.
MTW has given me that oportunity. Without my employment here, mine and my sons life would be very difficult.
I am in full support of the extention to go ahead. Mine and countless hundreds of other families depend of this extention being granted.
The impact on our Bulga neighbours has been blown right out of perspective. This extention needs to go ahead, not just for the people employed here but for the greater communitee.
This mine gives generously to the communitee in many ways. If it closes, everyone loses.

Please approve the extension of the Mount Thorley Warkworth Mine to secure my brother's family's future. Don't put the complaints of a few ahead of the families of the mine and local communities

Please approve the extension of the Mount Thorley Warkworth Mine to secure my brother-in-law's family's future. Don't put the complaints of a few ahead of the families of the mine and local communities

Please approve the extension of the Mount Thorley Warkworth Mine to secure my family's future. Don't put the complaints of Bulga residents ahead of the families of the mine and local communities it supports. I've grown up in Singleton and have seen first hand the positive impacts mining has on the community. Now, more than ever, the survival of Singleton and surrounding communities depends on mining. Don't make the mistake of preventing this mine from going ahead for the years to come.

To our Local member of the Hunter.

I am writing to you in regards to why the Mount Thorley Warkworth mine should be granted its extension. I am a employee of Rio Tinto of over 4 years, and have been born and raised in the hunter for all of my 29 years. This extension means alot to the local community and its local people who are directly and indirectly benefits of this mine. The money that is generated by the mine goes along way to keep the hunter economy strong and continue to grow into the future. This mine site allows me to keep my family in the local community and spend our money.

The local people of bulga have been apposed to the extension due to the fact they have only moved to the area within the last 8 years and are adiment to weaken and distroy the local community economy and drive business and people out of local towns, as they will have to move futher away in search of work.

So in summary i fully support the extension and can only see benfits for the local community and its economy

As an employee of the company and resident of the area surrounding the mine, I support the proposed extension of the Mount Thorley Continuation Project on the basis of the continued employment and benefits of the mine to the local area. With the current downturn in the industry generally, I have observed the negative flow on effects that this has had to the people and businesses in the region.

Coal & Allied, through their community sponsorship development fund and site donations committees, have been able to provide significant funding for regional school programmes and school holiday activities - funding that is much appreciated in these areas. Should the activity of local mines such as Mount Thorley Mine, be reduced due to planning and approval constraints, then it is likely that the community benefits, such as the school assistance programmes, will be reduced.

As a result, I support any approval by the Department that will allow the continuation of mining by Coal & Allied at Mount Thorley Mine.

I support the Mount Thorley Continuation Project based on my understanding that it will enable jobs and flow on economic benefits for the region.

I WISH TO PUT FORWARD MY OBJECTION TO THE EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSED OF THE MINE. WE LIVE IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING MINED AREA AND ALREADY HAVE MAJOR ISSUES WITH EXCESSIVE NOISE. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN RAISED COUNTLESS TIMES WITH THE MINE OPERATORS. UNFORTUNATLEY THE OPERATORS HAVE NO INTEREST IN ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMIT THAT THE NOISE AT TIMES IS IN BREACH OF THEIR CURRENT CONSENT. THIS RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW WILL THEY KEEP WITHIN NOISE LIMITS IF THEY ARE GIVEN THE APPROVAL AND COME MUCH CLOSER TO OUR HOME? I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH VARIOUS EMPLOYEES AND MANAGEMENT FROM COAL AND ALLIED AND STATED THAT I DO NOT WANT THE MINE TO CLOSE, BUT I DO WANT A GUARANTEE THAT THE NOISE WILL NOT EXCEED CURRENT CONSENT LEVELS, WHICH ARE SET WAY TOO HIGH AND THAT THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY WILL NOT IN ANY WAY TO BE AFFECTED IF THE EXTENSION APPROVAL IS GIVEN. I HAVE RECEIVED VARIOUS RESPONSES FROM COAL AND ALLIED MANAGEMENT INCLUDING THAT IF I COMPLAIN I WILL GET NOTHING, THAT THERE IS NO POINT SPENDING MONEY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO MY HOME AS I WILL NOT GET THE BENIFITS DUE TO THE DECREASE IN VALUE IF THE EXTENSION GOES AHEAD, THE NOISE IS NO WORSE THE CRICKETTS, AND HAVE BEEN ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES WHAT DO I WANT ( GUARANTEE OF NOISE LEVELS AND PROPERTY VALUES) TO WHICH I GET THE SAME ANSWERS AS LISTED ABOVE. IF THE EXTENSION IS GRANTED I ASK FROM YOU THAT WE RECEIVE THE SAME ACQUISISATION RIGHTS AS PROPERTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF ME (WHICH IF YOU LOOK ON A MAP ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY) HAVE BEEN GIVEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO RELOCATE TO A SIMILAR PROPERTY SIZE AND SIMILAR HOUSE AT NO COST TO US. I AM NOT ASKING FOR A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR PAY OUT, JUST A FAIR RULING SO OUR LIVES AND WAY OF LIFE ARE NOT CHANGED. IF NOISE WAS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE WHY IS THERE TWO SEPERATE APPLICATIONS LODGED?

Having children and worked here for 7 years MTO is a part of my life, we work hard to build a sustainable future not only for myself but my fellow workmates.
We look after our neighbour's So we can continue sustainable mining now and into the future.

I would like to voice my support for the Mt Thorley continuation project. As an employee at Mt Thorley warkworth and a resident of the hunter valley.
I believe with all the job losses in the hunter valley over the past 12 month and lack of new job opportunities without these new project the prospect of remaining in the hunter would be very low.