Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

It is my hope for the families of the Hunter Region, that this is approved.

The extension needs to be approved for employees and their families and the local businesses that rely on Mt Thorley Warkworth

I support the warkworth continuation project. this industry is incredibly important to the people of Newcastle and the hunter and supports many families, including my own, so needs to be supported.

Can I please get a job at this mine

I wish for the continuation of MTW long into the future. My father has worked at this mine for over 30 years and i would like the oppurtunity to do the same. I enjoy my job and the people i work with. I am a Singleton local and own a house in the town, I also contribute time to community organisations.

This application should be approved. A lot of hard working Australian families rely on this operation. Not only the full time employee but supporting contractors and the local communities themselves. Even though Rio Tinto themselves need to learn to treat their work forces better this is about jobs and in the current climate considering as well as this is an expansion application and not a new mining lease this should be approved.

The greater community needs this application to be approved for thousands of local families. Not only are families directly employed by the mine in need of this but those in the local community who have small business.

In the last 25 yrs I've worked in and watched heavy industry slowly die in Australia.

Australia powered to the world strength it is on the back of exporting products from Agriculture, Heavy Industry and Mining over the last 100 years.

Agriculture is now struggling badly. Heavy Industry is a mere shadow of its former self. Mining is all we have left for generating the kind of money this country needs to continue the standard of living, we all as a nation, all enjoy.

I ask that the powers in charge approve this submission and others like it for the welfare of local communities and families Australia wide. The sheer volume of budgetary cash injection from mining should be reason enough to value and expand operations across out wide brown land.

For the knockers: I'm guessing you have never seen a re-mediated open cut site after operations have ceased. You would never even know an open cut mine had ever been there.

I believe the impact mining lease expansion refusals in recent times to be detremental to many individuals, local business, the local and state government and the wider community. I believe this project should be approved.

Please register my support for the Warkworth Continuation Project. Mining is an important contributor to the local community, providing jobs, as well as a signficant injection of funds into the community. On matters of importance such as this, it is critical that the State government make clear its view on the need or otherwise for State resources to be monetised, and provide a clear signal to industry and the community. It is my belief that the mining industry can address the reasonable requirements of the local community in extracting the State's resources.

I support the extenstion

The continuation of MTW operations are critical to the hunter's job security along with providing future employment for all subcontractors.

MTW is one of Marathons top 3 customers for our repair business losing MTW would be another blow to our branch that is already going through tough times.

I support the Warkworth Continuation Project

Thankyou for providing me with an opportunity to make this submission in favour of the MTW continuation project.

Continuation of MTW mining project means continued employment for me and other employees aswell as service providers to the mine. I believe that in a democratic society tough decisions should be made to reflect democratic principles.

People depending on the mining industry have a right to be meaningful employed and enjoy the benefits of living in the Hunter Valley the same as any other person currently living and working in the Hunter Valley.

I also believe that appropriate conditions need to be put inplace to minimise the impact on neighbouring communities.

This should not be about we win they loose or all out mining vs no mining but rather about working together to improve the way mines operate for the benefit of all.

As a contract company supplying goods and services to the mining industry we will be directly affected if the proposal is rejected putting the jobs of personnel at jeopardy. We are one of many businesses that will be affected if the proposal is rejected as the flow on effect goes way beyond the direct jobs put at risk.

As a long standing business partner and supplier to MTW we 100% support the extension, not only for our continued business but also the security this would provide for the local community and surrounding communities, a huge amount of lively hoods and family units depend on the continuation of employment MTW provide and if this extension does not go ahead we would certainly see a demise of a close community network we currently see in the Hunter Valley area..

2 people from our company will lose their jobs if MTW ceases to operate at current levels of production.

The area needs this extension for continuing employment and viability.

I support the Warkworth Continuation Project because of the jobs it will provide to the surrounding community.