Warkworth Coal Mine Continuation

Myself, my partner and my father are all employed at mount thorley Warkworth, the continuation of this mine is not only crucial to us but to the other 1300 workers employed here and the large amount of workers not directly employed by the mine who will be affected should this approval not move forward! The workers and the community are all depending on it!

I have been employed by RTCA for 4 years. As an operator everyday I make conscious decisions that help keep our site operating, safely and make minimal impact on our neighbours.
I value my job and I support my extended family so if I were to become unemployed it would affect them as well. Loosing my job would more than likely mean that I would also have to move from the singleton area, which would take my spending from the local area away as well.
I believe that if that if MTW does not get this extension not only will the employees suffer but the greater singleton area as well

I have been an employee at Mt Thorely Warkworth for nearly 4 years and my family and I rely on my position here.
We are a local family who should Mt Thorely Warkworth close would find it extremely difficult to find another job in the area considering all the job losses the area has seen recently. I used to work at the Hydro Aluminium smelter and many of my friends from there have struggled to find or are still out of work.
With unemployment rates in the hunter valley soaring with the closures of Hydro, Glennies creek and Camberwell mines we cannot afford to lose another mine and another 1300 jobs plus the flow on affects from the closure which would amount to countless more.

I signed up to a traineeship with Resco Services 7 months ago, I was placed at Mount Thorley Walkworth to complete this traineeship and hope oneday to be able to go fulltime once I complete it. If the mine was not to get this extension I wouldn't be able to complete this goal I have set for myself and would have to move away to get work somewhere else in the same industry which I would not be able to afford so it would not work for me. It would also affect my family with my father working at the same mine. There are also many other people here that would be affected by this that have family's and debts to pay off which wouldn't be possible without this job. It would change many company's and people's lives not to get this extension

I have worked at MTW for 6 months as a trainee operator. I hope to be able to finish out my traineeship at this site and have a long career in the mining industry. There is a lot of uncertainty working here knowing that MTW can only operate until next year. This is impacting our moral. If the extension doesn't get approved and jobs are lost I will most definitely need to move away from this area.

I have been employed by RTCA for 4yrs, my family and I are reliant on the income. If I was too loose my employment at Mt Thorley Warkworth Mine it would have a huge impact on my family. I would have to leave the area to seek employment I feel.
Without the extension going through there is a lot of uncertainty at work. It impacts the working environment.

I have been employed at Mt Thorley Warkworth for 4 years as a mobile equipment operator. If the extension doesn't go through I fear I will have to leave NSW to find employment in the mining industry. I have been in the mining industry for 14 years and these are the only skills I have. I moved Hunter Valley the long jeverdy of Mt Thorley Warkworth. I was under the assumption I would see my mining career out here.
I need this job to pay my mortgage and support my family. The uncertainty of not knowing if we will have a job next year is really effecting morale at work and the Hunter Valley region in general.

I have been employed at mount Thorley Warkworth for 2 and a half years and although that is a short time I realise the importance to have this extension approved as it will affect me my family and most people in the area. I am a mobile equipment operator here and really need to stay employed at mount Thorley Warkworth for my family's future. If it's not approved I feel I will have no choice but to relocate me and my family.

I have been employed at mount Thorley Warkworth for 2 and a half years and although that is a short time I realise the importance to have this extension approved as it will affect me my family and most people in the area. I am a mobile equipment operator here and really need to stay employed at mount Thorley Warkworth for my family's future. If it's not approved I feel I will have no choice but to relocate me and my family.

I have been employed at Mount Thorley Warkworth mine for 4 years, myself and others moved interstate for this job and became residents of Singleton and the surrounding areas. We are all very worried about if we will still have a job here in the next couple of years with the current uncertainty about our mine extension approval.
With the current downturn in the mining industry I feel that many of us, myself included would have no choice but to leave the area due to no suitable work being available, operating heavy mining machinery is the only skill I have and if I can't use these skills to earn a living here myself and others will not hesitate to move out of the area.
The uncertainty regarding the future of our workplace is having a very adverse effect on the morale of employees with so many people's livelihoods and family's financial security at risk

I have been employed at Mt Thorley Warkworth for 3 years as a mobile equipment operator. I was employed here under the impression that there was 20 years life left in the mine, which was a major contributing factor in taking on this employment. If the extension is not approved I would fear that I would have to move myself and my family out of the area. We are a single income family with a mortgage and two school aged children so we rely heavily on my wage.
As much as the effects on the MTW employees, the broader community and industries rely heavily on the existence of this mine.

I have been employed at Mt Thorley mine for 6 and half years as a Mobile Equipment operator. I need this job to support my wife and 3 children at home. I have a mortgage to pay as we are a single income family. I would lose everything if I lost this job. If Mt Thorley Warkworth was to close it would have a massive impact on the broader community. I would have to leave the area to find employment I feel with so many people left unemployed by the mine closure. This is causing me much stress with the uncertainty of not knowing whether I will have a job next year.

This extension will further provide employment to the allready 1300 + people, provide ongoing support to the local community, provide direct employment to people with 3rd party invoolvement ie, manufactorers. I have a family of 7 including 5 kids so it means the world to me working and for mtw not to get the approval it would mean not just myself but the wider and greater community would feel the impacts that it would cause if mtw had to cease, i approve.

I have been in the mining industry for 14 years and employed at Mt Thorley Warkworth mine for 4 years as a mobile equipment operator and dispatch controller. I moved my family to the Hunter Valley region with the intention of seeing my working life out in the coal industry. My children have started in local schools and are part of a variety of sporting and community groups. It would devastate my children if we had to leave the area as I had lost my job at MTW and couldn't get another job locally.
The uncertainty of not knowing if I will have a job next year is causing a lot of stress on myself and my wife. It is heavily affecting morale amongst my peers at Mt Thorley Warkworth mine. I support the Mt Thorley Warkworth Continuation Project and hope it get approved soon.

It is vital for the Mount Thorley / Warkworth extension to go ahead for not only the 1300 workers but for the greater community which it helps support.

I would like to show my support for the MTW expansion as i believe it is of benefit to the local and greater communities.

I commenced a two year traineeship at MTW in November last year with the hope to pursue a long term career within the mining industry. If MTW are unsuccessful with gaining approval both my family and I will be negatively impacted as I am the primary income earner in a household that contains my defacto and six children.
As I am court ordered to remain within the Singleton area due to having custody of two children from a previous relationship, I would be significantly disadvantaged in pursuing other employment opportunities due to being unable to move outside the Singleton area, therefore I would more than likely be unable to support my family financially if the extension is not approved.

I have been employed at Mount Thorley Warkworth mine for 2 year and 2 months as a mobile equipment operator. I started as a trainee and had intended to have a long career in to the mining industry. My Dad worked at Warkworth mine when it opened until he retired. I expected to have long term employment at the mine like him. We have had 4 generations live and work in the Hunter Valley area.
My partner has lost his job at Vale mine recently so we are now a single income family. We rely on my job at MTW to pay the mortgage and bills. If I was too lose this job it would be catastrophic on our family and also the wider community. We would have to leave the Hunter Valley to seek employment to support my family and pay the mortgage. This causes my partner and I great stress at the moment. I support the Mt Thorley Warkworth Continuation Project going ahead.

I've been in mining for about 13 years my last job was at cadia east gold.
Unfortunately we were put off from cadia east gold and moved to the hunter valley for opportunity's fortunately Rio tinto Coal and Allied Mt Thorley Warkworth has given us that opportunity I have been working here at MT Thorley Warkworth for 2years.
Without this job I will have to move my family around again and move schools and try to find different jobs for myself and partner as you know it is hard in this work industry as it is to get employed else where we need this job.

I have been in mining and civil employment for 26 years and employed at Mt Thorley Warkworth for 4 years. I moved back to the Hunter Valley to be closer to the family and the long term job security in the coal industry that would see me through until retirement
If I was to lose my employment at MTW I would not be able to pay the mortgage. With so many mining job losses in the Hunter Valley area I feel my family and I would have to leave the area to seek similar employment interstate. This is causing my wife and I great stress and affecting morale in the workplace at MTW. I support the Mt Thorley Warkworth Continuation Project and hope it gets approved soon.