Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

Our children's future

My partner and myself both work at MTW. Our jobs mean everything to us. We both love working at MTW. Our jobs give us a life style that we have always wanted. Our lifestyle is also reflected apon the local community. ie shopping, dinning, realestate and the costs of every day life. If our jobs were no longer, we would be forced to move away and chase work and live else where.

I would like to sercure a future for my family and hope to get a full time job down the track

i want to secure my future.

Mining is a career choice I have made.
Its the reason i chose the car i drive and where i bought my house. The extension of MTW will benefit me, my family and the local and surrounding economy of the area surrounding MTW and its suppliers.

I am a young woman in the mining industry and am wanting a secure job for my future.

i have a family of five my partner as a disability and we have a house to pay off and my family also rely on me to pay our bill

I have beeen in the mining industry for the past 6 years in the hunter would like to continue living in this area. If this submission was declined I woukld be forced to leave the area for employment opportunities. I believe this submission is detramental to the future of mining in the region and the effect it would have on business and the community would be irreversable.
I have 3 young children and losing my job would effect our family and others greatly

I fully support this Extension to Mount Thorley Warkworth as i've just started working in the mining industry and at Mount Thorley Warkworth. this extension will help not just me but fellow workers to keep their jobs and benefit australias economy later done the track

long shot but hey lets face it mining has been part of the ongoing sucess an growth of the hunter valley for many many years long before maybe even anyone who continues to abject to the continued growth .. an im sure there parents grandparerts an family members probably made there living from the industry or the industry that supports the mining industry ...for now to only sit back on something a family member left behind an complain whinge wine an moun ... ffs open your eyes it is the furture of this great place we call the valley our homes an the furture of our famlys children grandchildren an there grandchildren with out mining an the support industry around mining ... we all may as well kiss our arse good by an the small buisness around us .. our govorment needs to look in our own back yard an get it real keep it australian an sopport our future here in this great country ........... hences so many jobs been lost over seas ... we calll to fix our phone bill its the phillpines .our navy warships are build off shore our cars are now made off shore most aussie owned manifacturing is now off shore get some brains behind this country an sopport the growth of our area before you or maybe your children grandchildren need to live off shore to survive rant over

I have been operating at MTW for 3.5 years and am grateful for the opportunity the mine has given me and my family, i would like to see the extension approved as it would secure my future and give my family a stable platform for the rest of my career. Should the extension not be approved would prove the breakdown of a lot of small business, familys and all those who contribute to this operation locally and nationally and this could of been avoided.

If this doesn't go ahead imagine all the jobs lost its not just the workers at MTW. It's also cleaners, suppliers, the surrounding retail shops. The list goes on

I fully support the proposal and believe it should be approved. Rio has a good history of working in and with the community. The ability to continue to mine and transport coal to the Port of Newcastle is extremely important not only to the local areas around the mine but to Newcastle, the Hunter and to NSW
I fully support

There has already been to many jobs lost in mining. Mining is an important part of communities and many families rely on mining to survive.

I support the extension of mount thorley warkworth mine 100 percent the future of 1000s of families livelihoods and local businesses will be at stake if the approval for this extension is not given. Not just those that are employed directly on the mine site but hundreds of local businesses would be effected especially those that carry out contract work for the minesite eg cleaners, float truck drivers, fuel tanker drivers, electrcians, mechanics and list goes on and on.
The denial of this extension would have a massive impact on the local community, it will have a much bigger impact on the hunter valley than what alot of people may think. There is a much bigger picture than just the 1300 jobs on the mine site itself.
I know personally at least 100 people that would be impacted in a huge way and that is family and friends

I fully support the continuation of Warkworth mine

I wish to provide a submission supporting the Mount Thorley Warkworth (MTW) application. Approval of the MTW application is critical not only for the 1300 people working at MTW but also for the greater Singleton region. Should the application not be approved the impacts will be devastating for the workforce and the Hunter region.

Without receiving the approval from the NSW Planning and Environment department, MTW cannot operate at current production levels and workforce numbers will decrease. Additionally MTW's spend in the local economy will also decrease. This would be devestating for the community already suffering fromt he down turn in the coal industry.

For the economic benefit of the workforce and the greater hunter region please approve MTW's application.

I have lived in the hunter valley for 14 years, and worked at Mt Thorley Warkworth for the past 11yrs. I support the submission as my employment pays for my livelihood, and with the industry in a downturn it would be very hard to gain employment elsewhere if I were to lose my job.

I have been employed with MTW for the past 9 years & both my wife & i are Singleton born & bred. If the extension does not get approved it would mean having to relocate my family for employment. My children have a good friend base & fantastic education & sporting fascilities & it would be very dissapointing to unsettle them to move for work. This would also have a large effect on small buisness in the region due to the flow on effect from minimal employement opportunities. With the closure of other mines in the area Singletons future is already under a great theat of being a ghost town. The goverment needs to consider where the 1300 permanent employees can gain employement to support the community & there families, not to mention the 3000 plus employees of other buisnesses that are fed from the mining industry in the region.

MTW has provided me with lots of opportunities for my family and friends, the extension approval is a must for them and I to continue moving forward into the future.
IF it was at all possible at this time for me to share with you the few ticketed skills I had when I started to the over twenty that I now have I would and am willing to still do so.
the amount of money that this mine has invested in me and the local community is just one reason the approval should be granted, and there is a lot more like me.
I have also seen what has been done to repair and rehabilitate the hills, ground and trees,adjacent my work area, i would love for the local community to see how this has developed and I find it and ever frustrating negative that is used as one possible scenario, for reasons to shut such a long term work and info structure facility, thousands will be affected if it closes.