Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

Gemhawk Services Pty Ltd is a small business that relies on larger companies like Coal and Allied for future work, if their mine were to close this could cause an impact on our company and many other small businesses like ours.

I work at mount Thorley and if extension does not go ahead I would be out of work, but if it does it means I can see out my work at mount Thorley till my retirement

I am supporting the extension of Mt Thorley beyond 2015 as it is the best thing for the workers, my boyfriend being 1 of them and the community of Singleton and surrounding areas. If this contract is not extended it will be detrimental

I support MTW

The Hunter region cannot sustain any more job losses. The impact on the people of NSW and the economy must outweigh the feelings of a few people in a semi rural cluster.

I support the warkworth mine continuation.

Dear Sir / Madam

I am personally worried about the future of jobs employed directly and indirectly in coal mining. MTW will provide critical economic benefits to not just the Hunter Valley but to the rest of Australia through higher tax revenues. We should be doing everything we can to help support the long term MTW development. I believe that the extra environmental land offsets and community benefits including training promised in the revised development consent should be welcome additions to the original application.

Kind regards

Richard

Employment of workers in local mines do not only affect the workers but it has a massive impact on many industries surrounding the mining area. For example, I work in real estate and since the downturn in the local mining industry and many workers being laid off there has been a huge difference in the local real estate industry. Maybe the politicians need to take a pay cut because they are the only one who aren't being affected by their actions!!

I hope MTW gets there expansion, my husband works there so it will effect my family.

i have been in the industry for 25 years and this extension has a major impact for my future. I believe there is a great amount of good that comes from mining and keeping this operation going for years.

I am an Employee of MTW for the last 7 years and I support the Submission

Zemek Engineering's NSW workshop is a local Hunter Valley business that supplies machine components, onsite product support and offsite maintenance and repairs to MTW. We acquire almost all of our consumables, steel and other materials from other local Hunter companies as well as using local businesses for repairs, maintenance and other services.
Our continued existence in the Hunter Valley depends greatly on the existence of the MTW mine as this operation is a significant customer of ours.
Without the MTW expansion going ahead, Zemek will lose a major customer. This would put the NSW operations of Zemek Engineering at risk and could result in the loss of all jobs. This would also affect the turnover of our local suppliers in the Hunter Valley area.

I have been following this submission since I moved back to Australia after working away for a few years and seeing this type of thing happening in places like New Zealand. The arguments are always the same, based on propaganda and stating that there is minor benefit to the economy and that other services make up the majority of money in the region. Basically this is a way of (as Paul Keating once said) The people arguing these points" use statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts, for support rather than illumination."
The industry supports more than what is shown on the surface. The industries pay people well for the hard work that they put in. The people then spend the money on other industries, that is, there is more travel, building, purchases and investment into other industries in the region as well as the rest of the nation that is actually shown in the stats. There are boat salespeople that rely on the purchases from people in the mining industry, investments that come from a well payed work force. Restaurants, travel agents, mechanics, bankers, painters as well as all of the other industries that rely on the mining operations and work force for business.
The second argument is typically about emissions, this is a good point and not something that I want to argue, we do need to reduce emissions however we need the investment into the alternative energy industries and then stage the movement to them. Shutting down coal power does not help unless it is well planned and there are other sources in working, operational conditions. With all of the mines in the area downsizing and closing their doors there will be a reduction in product and an increase in unemployment. It will take another 20 years for the world to get into a position to have a sustainable power source and if there is no demand for the coal before this time then economics will reduce the output from the mine.
This consent has been researched and submitted correctly and there are minor reasons as to why it should not go through and be accepted. I support the application.

Singleton has been doing it tough for the last coupleof years and loosing the economic value of MTW will be a devistating for for thousands of famiilys who are dependant on mining.

I support the Warkworth Continuation program because I believe the mine is an important part of the community and the hunter region. The mine provides jobs and support for the local community and work for many local based contracting companies. Without the continuation of Warkworth Mine I believe that NSW the Hunter Region and Local community's would be a lot worse of causing wide spread job loss, local business shut downs and flow on effects to not only state but also federal government.

The Warkworth development is an important milestone in NSW's history. A failure to proceed will seriously affect the way in which investors view our state. We have already seen exodus of Vale and others, resulting in mass job losses. Drayton too. This not only affects the people directly ermplyoyed, but also local businesses. Mining spreads wealth to individuals, and individual wealth means spending in local businesses, which in turn sustains a community.. If I was not employed by mining, I could not afford to take family out to dinner as often as i do, or spend on entertainment, on kids dancing, soccer, netball, etc. I also donate to charities and community organisations. I pay tax. All these invest in the local community. Reports from the Australia Party are misleading at best, and do not consider the knock on effects of spending and investing in local communities.

I have worked at Warkworth Mine in the capacity of a Contractor for the last 12 years. Closing this Mine would put my job and jobs of my colleaugues at risk not to mention the financial impact on the local community.

Not only 1300 jobs depend on Mount Thorley Warkworth but many jobs in the support industries and local businesses depend on the continuation of the mine. In already difficult times, we have seen cut backs and closures of business in the area which would continue with the closure of the mine. This can only hurt the township of Singleton which has seen significant growth in the last 5 years since I have come back into the area.

I support the proposed extension and associated longer term employement it will provide. I have witnessed first hand the impact on the employees, families and communities of a significant employer closing or downsizing.

It is a small thing, but at site we raise money for local charities within our MTW work group. If the project does not proceed community contributions and connextions like this will be lost.