Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

ive recently been employeed with resco at the mine as a trainee. this oppurnity that ive been given so young will allow me to provide myself with a great start to my adult life. Not only does this job give me stablity and training in an amazing work environment, ive learnt this mine is alot more then a job. With the older workers ive had the pleasure to talk too, they have told me of their working carrers over the past 30 years, being employeed with the mine. This mine has been providing families with homes, food and money to thrive over the years and hopefully will do the same for mine!!!

I support the submission to the extention as i am employed by the mine as a permenant worker and my family depend on the mine. I have worked for MTW for four years and know that if the extention was not granted it would not only put myself and family into hardship but also alot of people in the area as well.

I am an employee at Mount Thorley Warkworth and i depend on this job as my future and families future, it is not only the employees of Mount thorley that depend on the future of the mine but also many other bussinesses who are all are part of the mine, right down to small shops where the miners put their money back into the community.

I support the submission to the extention as i am employed by the mine as a permenant worker and my family depend on the mine. I have worked for MTW for four years and know that if the extention was not granted it would not only put myself and family into hardship but also alot of people in the area as well.

To Whom I may Concern,

I am writing this submission in support of the Mount Thorley Warkworth Extension.
I am currently employed with ResCo Services Singleton as a contractor. ResCo contractors work on the Mount Thorley Warkworth mine site. I am depending on this expansion as I am the sole income earner of my family. If the extension does not go forward, the follow on means ResCo Sevices Singleton will lay people off also. I will have to leave the area and the town that I have grown up in, meaning my hard earned dollars will be spend elsewhere.

I support the extension because i am an employee of mt thorley warkworth and i have a family at home to feed . If the extension was not approved i would not have a job to be able to feed my family as would be the case for 1300 other people.

I would like to support the extension to Mount Thorley Warkworth mine.
The mine not only provides jobs for all the current employees and future job seekers, but also for the extended community both within and outside the mining sector.
There would be a phenominal impact on a huge variety of businesses across the board!

I doubt the government would like to see another 1300+ applications for centrlelink.

Ensure my families future!

i am for the extension of mt thorley warkworth as it provides an income me and my family to live. I've been employed at mtw for the last 4 years and it has been a great place to work.If the extension doesn't get approved or approved in a timely manner, it will place alot of pressure on my self and my family. Will the government provide the same funds to the workers at mtw as they had done to re-train the now out of work car factories that have now closed its doors.

i am currently employed at mount throley and live in singleton with a young family . mount throley has giving many great oppertunitys for my self and many of my fellow workers and the community over many years and would be a deverstaing effect to the community and workers both in bussines and lifestyle if this were no to go ahead yes i understaind the envirovement side i come from the land aswell but we have been working together for many years and lets face it if there were no thorley bulga and most likely singleton would be a a thing of the past . not every one will be happy but over the time this has been going on the support is getting stronger . so lets put this thing to bed say yes to mtw and let the people of mtw move foward . lets face it if rio dont do it some one else will put some trust behind this great company which has supported us for so long .

I believe that the extension to Mount Thorley Warkworth should go ahead for the more than one reason...Firstly the flow on effect attached to this industry is phenominal..apart from the loss of jobs that will befall MTW its the ripple effect that will follow....we have already seen two mines close in the valley with the loss of hundreds of jobs...Bradken Engineering has layed off 500 employees,Amp Control Electrical Engineering layed of 100 employees.....I feel sorro for those families who have been put in this position....how many more people will lose there lobs before the government realizes the importance of the mining industry.
As a contractor at MTW I to could be one of those people ...I to have commitments like all the other unemployedand I am very worried for my family...that is why the extensioin must be approved

This is my place of employement. i have been here alomost two years as a contractor,
i have a young family to support and i am hoping with the extension that in the future off this mine i will hopfully end up with full time empolyement.
i know this is the feild i would like to spend the rest of my working career in.

I wish to support the Mt Thorley Warkworth mining extension on the basis that i am currently employed as a full time operator and without this job i would not be able to support my family. not only would the closure of the mine affect my current position but all of the jobs ive had since leaving school have in some way been linked to the mining industry in the hunter and if the extension wasnt granted the same cutbacks would be made to all of my past positions and most other job prospects as well meaning that i would have no choice other than to leave the area to find employment which would mean moving my family from where we are settled and have lived all our lives away from our familes and support networks. In short life would become very hard for not only me but my wife and children as well.

As a resident of Bulga village the town that will disappear if this project is approved I must strongly appose the Warkworth continuation.
History is recorded to be learned from not repeated and we have learned that MTW cannot stay within their consent levels at a distance of 6Km away let alone 3Km away. They are regularly over their noise levels and it is impossible for them to control the dust leaving their site now and if they were within3Km of the village of Bulga we the people of Bulga would not be able to breathe due to the amount of dust an open cut mine discharges on a windy day.
Blasting already shakes thing from walls and shelves. It is damaging houses by shaking them about enough to wake you if your sleeping after night shift and cracking ceilings and walls
You could not in good conscience allow this extention to go ahead if you do you are a heart animal. the land and environment court put a stop to it for many a good reason none of the information or modelling is correct. The governments decision to help them by modifying the SEPP is nothing short of corrupt as has been proven by ICAC recently. It is these reasons I object.

I have worked at Mount Thorley Warkworth for approx. 5yrs and are in support of the expansion going ahead. I have 4 children all under the age of 13 who attend a good school as well as play sport and tutoring and dancing and scouts and other after school activities which all will have to cease if my employment at the mine ceases due to the approval not going ahead. I also have a mortgage. I cannot understand why the government and the Bulga community which only has 152 residents in the town can be against the approval. Do the govt. and the Bulga community not see whats at stake by trying to block the process. Are they not aware of the 1300 people who work here whos lives and that of there spouses and children who will be affected by the non expansion of the mine. The amount of money that will be ripped out of not only the state and federal governments purse, but also out of the wallets of the workers and there families as well as all the small businesses that the coal mine supports in terms of contractors, sub-contractors and the schools in the Maitland and Rutherford,Scone ,Singleton and surrounding areas. If the mine ceases to operate the strain on the economy not only from unemployment and welfare but lost revenue to the government and the businesses that rely on the expansion of the mine. to much emphasis is put on the greenies and what they want but they tend to forget what there cars and houses and there computers which they use to state there cases come from. Without the coal industry and mining in general they would not have any of the qualities of living and life that so much of them depend on. Morons. Stuffing up a great country. WELL DONE GREENIES

I support Warkworth Continuation 2014 and the 1,300 direct jobs that depend on the project approval and are important members of the community.

There are also many jobs within Rio Tinto Coal Australia that provide support services to MTW in addition to the 1,300 jobs. This includes three of my employees that live in Singleton and their families. As MTW is one of five mines managed by RTCA, there are many jobs in head office of Brisbane that also depend on MTW. There have been many job losses in the industry in the last 1-2 years and fewer jobs available for re-employment which is a concern.

A thorough EIS has been undertaken to identify and mitigate potential impacts. The economic benefits of the resource is significant.

I support this extension.

I support the extension of lease for the MTW mining site. The site employs over 1300 full time staff and also provides further employment opportunities for local businesses in the forms of contractors and suppliers.

If the extension was not to be approved, it would have detrimental ripple effects for local businesses, families and the wider community.

I strongly support the mining in the Hunter area as i believe the entire Hunter economy and job market is dependent on mining industries and other sectors also depend on the mining employees. In Maitland alone i know many of the families are one way or other belong to and depend on mining industries. Hence, please approve Warkworth extension as soon as possible and i am confident that RioTinto would do everything possible to minimise the environmental concerns

Both my husband & I are relying on this approval of Warkworth to continue living in the local area.