Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

Getting this approval is vital for me, my wife and our 6 month old son! With out my job at MTW out future is at risk!

Without the extension we will be one of 1300 families struggling to pay our mortgages and bills, with every possibility of having to uproot our family and move out of the Hunter or even interstate for work.

This affects our future and could affect more than just the 1300 employees! MTW supports the local community, provides business for local suppliers and mutch more.

I believe Rio are a responsible mining company and that allot of accusations in the media are unfounded and unfair. Rio should be granted these approvals so that the resource is mined responsibly and the site can continue supporting the local community, its employees and there families, the Hunter region and this country.

I hope this submission helps Riotinto gain the approval for the sake of my family and many others.

I support the MTW extension going through as if it doesn't it affects over 1300 employees and contractors working at the site and the surrounding comunitee.

Without mining this town would have nothing.

This mine does support a vast number people other than in the mine itself. We need MTW to continue to keep our area strong.

Singleton depends on mining in more ways then one and needs the warkworth extension to go ahead otherwise singleton and all small businesses will suffer and go under.

Keep mining strong in NSW. There had been too many job losses already in the Hunter Valley.

My job and my family depend on this expansion going ahead at MTW. Without it, the mine will scale back and eventually close, putting the jobs of everyone there in Jeopardy. The mine has been here for a long time. Most of the people that are opposing the mine have came after the mine was opened. Its like moving next to an airport then complaining about the airplanes... A lot of the people that are complaining benefit from the mine directly or indirectly in one way or another. Singleton and most of the hunter valley will turn into a ghost town without this mine. Prices of real estate will plummet, the flow on effect will be massive as so many businesses and suppliers rely on MTW for their income also.

As a member of the local community and an employee of the coal mining industry I fully support the MTW extension application.

I have investment properties in the area and have recorded a significant drop in it rental return since the downturn in the mining industry. The flow on effects of the recent mine closures in the area have been negative, numerous and significant. The effects of 1300 positions directly lost and who knows how many jobs in the support industries is almost un-imaginable.

The Warkworth Continuation Project has my full support

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My husband works there.

I'm an employee of Mt Thorley Warkworth mine and believe that if the extension isn't granted we will see mass unemployment in the Hunter Valley Region. Its not only mine workers that are effected it's the support industries that will be effected also. Ever Hunter Valley community will be effected as people will not have adequate incomes to sustain other community businesses. There isn't any other industry that could absorb all the people unemployed if Mt Thorley Warkworth mine was closed. Those people who are protesting against the extension appear to me to be people who have moved into the Bulga area and are wanting mining closed down so they can enjoy the country environment, disregarding the fact that the mining industry has been in the Hunter Region for generations. I believe both the Bulga community and Mt Thorley Warkworth mine can co exist together if both parties are willing to give and take without loosing sight of the fact that the Hunter Valley mining industry is the major industry of the Hunter Valley. Therefore we can ill afford to loose Mt Thorley Warkworth mine as it is a major employer and contributor to the local economy.

This is important for the hunter region that this gos ahead the loss of 1300 jobs would be devastating not only for the workers but the whole region would suffer as it will have huge flow on effect to other smaller industries who depend on miners and the mining industry to survive.

Our community can not afford to loose any more jobs. This is people's lives were talking about, I have lived in singleton my whole life and have never seen things so bad. There's houses for sale and rent everywhere you look. People are literally standing on the highway with sighns begging for work.on the Internet there's pleas of people begging for work trying not to loose there homes cars and belongings, trying to make ends meet and to support there families. But at the moment there is no work. If these mining projects don't go through I really hate to see what happens to our community and the lives of the people in our community that's affected. I honestly don't no how this town will recover.
I pray these mining projects go ahead, not just for the future of this town but for all the employees lives that will be shattered if it falls through!

My family and I, the Hunter Valley and the mining industry need this extension approved to provide security and peace of mind for the future

My name is Paul, and work for rio tinto at mount thorley warkworth, I have lived in the area all my life, I have a wife and three kids,and we depend on this operation moving forward so our family has a bright future,as do many others, from my co-workers and there family's to the suppliers that provide for the mine and the community's that we live in that rely on the income and business we provide,
If this mine scales back or closes as a result of this expansion being denied,people will have no choice but to leave the area which is not a good outcome for our community's or the hunter,
Nsw mines work under the strictest conditions in the world and have been part of this area for many years that have provided billions of dollars to our economy and have pulled our country through the hard times,
I really hope common sense provides a positive outcome,
As to many people have already lost there jobs,

I used to work at MTW but was made redundant in 2013.
The fact that this mine and this state is being held back by 20 stubborn hillbillies is absurd.
The mine still employs 1300 people directly and many more indirectly.

The govt should be stepping in to promote mining and industry to get NSW back on track.

Most of the 20 objectors moved to bulga after the mine was in operation. You must expect expansion and progress, you
Can't close your eyes and assume there will be no change ever.

It is absurd that the expansion was rejected last time. This new submission meets the criteria and provides for an environmental offset.

Approve this submission before more families go through the distress that my family had last year when the verdict came down.

Regards

A.N

I support the Warkworth Expansion. This mine makes a substantial contribution to the local and surrounding communities and its loss would be devastating to these areas.
I have personally witnessed quick reactions of staff and management to mitigate any potential negative environmental concern to its neighbours.

Save our mines and mining!!!

I fully support the mining industry, without it we would not have the basics..electricity, a comfortable life etc

being on the inside i see the amount of work and money that have been spent on this, the company is very comitted to the social and environmental side of things. if the department say they have met all the requirements it must be approved.
the loss of jobs and financial loss to the valley would be enormous.